Source: The Imphal Free Press
Imphal, June 26:
The government of India has proved to be our enemy.
It is not only the enemy of the Manipuri people but also of the entire people of northeast.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Union home minister LK Advani and their errand boy K Padmanabhaiah are our prime enemies.
They have hurt the sentiments of the people of this region in order to appease a handful of militants.
Now they must apologize to the people of this region for their wrong deeds and immediately withdraw their ill-advised and malice-laden decision.
This was stated in a release by the North East Students� Coordinating Committee on Manipuri Identity, a joint body of the AMSU, All Assam Manipuri Students� Union (AAMSU) and All Tripura Manipuri Students� Association.
The joint body was demanding withdrawal of the government�s decision to extend the ceasefire with NSCN (IM) to other states of the region particularly Manipur.
Stating that the incident of firing by CRPF personnel on June 18 in Imphal at general public who were protesting against disintegration of their territorial integrity will go down in the history of Manipur, the release warned that public riots of greater dimensions will break out if the GoI does not withdraw its decision.
In this regard, the committee will join hands with other apex organizations of the NE and launch massive and ubiquitous movements in the region, the release said.
While demanding immediate and unconditional release of the AMSU leaders who have been detained by the police, the release said their detention is ill-timed and unjustified and may give way to dangerous mass uprising.