Sugnu for status quo of villages, Govt offices
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, October 31 2022:
Denizens of Sugnu closed down Sugnu Keithel for the day, demanding maintaining of status quo of all 91 villages in the constituency during the delimitation exercise, including non-shifting of any government office to another district.
On Monday, 91-Village Sugnu Protection Committee convened a public meeting at Sugnu Bazar, wherein various resolutions Were adopted.
Afterwards, the gathering went to talk with the OC and SDPO of Sugnu PS about the ongoing process to shift the jurisdiction of some villages of Sugnu to Chandel, but found that both officers were not present in the office; Frustrated, the crowd then took down signboards/nameplates put up at Sugnu Keithel Which mentioned the area to be under Chandel district.
In this regard, Committee convenor Khaidem Ibomcha said that that the villages around Sugnu cannot come under Chandel district and also all government offices in the area cannot be shifted to another district.
He then informed that a memorandum regarding the matter would soon be submitted to the Chief Minister, Revenue minister, Tribal Affairs and Hill minister, Sugnu AC MLA K Ranjit, Chandel AC MLA SS Olish and Kakching DC .