Delhi Chalo : All political party
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 24 2013:
The issue of imminent loss of some parts of Manipur's territory on account of border fencing along Manipur sector of Indo-Myanmar border was deliberated in another round of all party meeting held today with Chief Minister O Ibobi in the chair and decided to go to New Delhi on December 1 and take up the matter with Central leaders.
Sources informed that BJP and MPP representatives were not present at the meeting although representatives of other political parties attended the meeting.
The joint political parties' team which would take the issue to New Delhi would comprise of one representative from each political party.
The team would call on the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the External Affairs Minister ahead of the winter session of Parliament which is slated to begin from December 5 .
A common memorandum which would be submitted to the Prime Minister and other central leaders was approved by today's all party meeting.
The main points/demands of the common memorandum are suspension of the border fencing work until the border row is settled and joint survey of the Manipur sector of Indo-Myanmar border by Indian and Myanmarese authorities.
The joint survey team should include representatives/officials of Manipur, according to the memorandum.
Notably, another round of all political party meeting was held earlier following which a joint of team of different political parties led by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam visited the border fencing site.
On the other hand, ICHAM and the Committee on Protection of Land in Border Fencing have already declared to launch mass movements from December 11 in case the political parties could not take a concrete decision on the border issue by December 10 .