Bomb attack
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 24 2022:
Unidentified miscreants carried out a bomb attack at the residence of NPP candidate in Khurai AC Laitonjam Jayananda at Khurai Konsam Leikai, today at around 3 am.
Later in the evening, the proscribed National Revolutionary Front, Manipur (NRFM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
A press release issued by NRFM clarified that the attack was not related with the Assembly election at all but a warning for allegedly supplying drugs and other substances to both young and old to get their support.
Reportedly, there was no casualty in the explosion.
The welcome gate of the NPP candidate and some doors and windows of his house were damaged due to the impact of the explosion.
Denouncing the attack, a sit-in protest was staged at Khurai Konsam Leikai Chingjroibi Leirak.
At the demonstration, Jayananda who also is a president of NPYF Manipur said that this is the 4th bomb attack carried out solely against the NPP.
Stating that all the attacks against the NPP were politically motivated, Jayananda said that this deliberate conduct manifests the frustration of a particular party which is about to lose power.
Ridiculing the Chief Minister N Biren's repeated narratives of peace and stability, the NPP candidate urged the Chief Minister to stop using the catch phrase if he cannot arrest those who are constantly targeting the NPP supporters in Khurai AC.
He also said that no amount of money or muscle power can suppress the freedom of the masses to choose their leaders.
"Carrying out such an attack is also an act of cowardice," he said.