JAC cuts short bandh
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 19 2016 :
The JAC Singjamei which called a 48 hour general strike since last midnight in protest against the arrest JCILPS former convenor Kh Ratan has shortened the general strike to 24 hours with a view on the Manipuri Language Day (August 20) .
Notably, the Manipuri Language Day is celebrated in commemoration of the inclusion of Manipuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
As announced by the JAC, the general strike ends at 12 this midnight.
A press release issued by the JAC said that all the people and students who have been taking part in the mass movement against the arrest of former JCILPS convenor Khomdram Ratan have not been doing so in their personal interests.
No civil society organisation or student body should victimise them.
It is a matter of serious concern that attempts were made to victimise CC Higher Secondary School Students' Union general secretary Brush in connection with the exam boycott agitation.
The JAC supports the justified actions of Brush, it added.