KSA calls 48 hours bandh
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 09 2016:
Pressing for unconditional release of their arrested functionaries and members, the Kangleipak Students' Association (KSA) has called a State-wide 48 hours bandh with effect from 5 pm of June 11 .
Speaking to media persons at their Sega Road, Konjeng Hazari Leikai office today, KSA president Moirangthem Luxman decried that the Government is paying no heed to the people's agitation and repeated appeals to release the five KSA activists who were arrested by police for questioning two non-local people who were found adulterating common salt.
"KSA has no tendency to call bandhs or blockades but the State Government has compelled us to call a State-wide bandh from 5 pm of June 11 till 5 pm of June 13", Luxman said.
Medical services, religious activities, power, water supply, media, ILPS related activities and June 18 related activities would be exempted from the purview of the bandh.
He then appealed to all the people to support the bandh.
Notably, five KSA activists including general secretary Sukham Bidyananda were arrested by police on May 27 and they are currently lodged in judicial custody.
Informing that their agitation of keeping shops run by non-local people shut would go on, Luxman said that no non-local people should venture out of their places of residence during the 48 hours bandh.
He further informed that KSA has banned Tata Salt in Manipur.
KSA volunteers impounded adulterated tea leaves from a shop located at Telipati on April 14 this year.
Some packets of adulterated tea leaves were taken away by Food Safety officials from the office of KSA.
Subsequently, a Court issued an order directing Ajay Prasad (35) of Telipati to pay a fine of Rs three lakh to the State Health Department under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 .
However, in the case of the adulterated common salt, no Food Safety officials came to collect any sample of the adulterated salt.
As such, it is becoming clearer that some people are backing Dasharath Prasad who was found adulterating common salt, Luxman added.