Torch rally protests ill-remarks on CM Biren
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 03 2023:
Hundreds of people, mostly women, took to the streets on Tuesday night as a torch rally was taken out to demand apology from individuals in Churachandpur district who spoke ill of chief minister N Biren Singh on media platforms.
The protest, which included civil society organisations, clubs and women's vigilante groups, rallied along the NH connecting Imphal to Churachandpur district headquarters via historic Moirang (Tiddim road) .
Protesters are now putting forward an ultimatum, threatening an indefinite shutdown along Tiddim road unless the individuals apologise within 72 hours from 12 am on Tuesday.
Speaking to the media, Y Modhu, an advisor of the Youth Development Committee, Moirang, expressed the need for everyone to speak freely according to the freedom of speech enshrined in the Indian Constitution, but it does not mean that such laws allow one to speak unsavoury things against the chief minister of the state.
Modhu also noted that indigenous people have been living in harmony since time immemorial but some immigrants are bent on destroying their land.
While the derogatory words or unconstitutional language used by the errant individuals on social platforms were not mentioned, Modhu observed that it was indeed unconstitutional and inappropriate to speak ill of the chief minister.