11 parties meet to topple Cong Govt
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 16 2013:
Eleven political parties today held a joint meeting and discussed about launching a mass movement in order to topple the Congress Government led by Chief Minister O Ibobi.
The meeting held at Tera Yengkhom Leirak at the office of Shiv Sena was participated by representatives of CPI, CPI-M, MPP, MSCP, JD-U, AITC, Shiv Sena, BSP, Forward Bloc, RSP and JD-S.The meeting presided by leaders of the 11 political parties was attended by around 100 people.
Many speakers who addressed the meeting asserted that the incumbent Congress Government has failed on several fronts.
CPI State secretary Dr M Nara who is also convenor of the 11 parties stated that the State Government's initiative to privatize some Government hospitals amounts to transforming themselves as contractors.
Reacting to Health Minister Phungzathang Tonsing's statement that PPP models would be more effective for running public hospitals, Dr Nara asserted people need to stand firm and oppose such policies of the Government.
At Adimjati Shiksha Ashram yesterday, President Pranab Mukherjee stated that North Eastern States including Manipur hardly got any benefit till today starting from the first Five Year Plan period.
Quoting the President, Dr Nara asserted Manipur remains backward and deprived because of the successive Congress Governments.
MPP president N Sovakiran said that all the administrative works starting from repairing electric transformer or replacing an electric have been taken over by MLAs.
He questioned the response of MLAs to the brutal murder of Ningombam Satyabhama.
CPI-M State secretary Sarat Salam alleged that Congress MLAs are unable to speak their minds for fear of not getting contract works from Chief Minister O Ibobi.
Number of escort personnel allotted to a younger brother of the Chief Minister's wife is greater that escorts allotted to an MLA.
The present situation is such that criminals are ruling the State.
The situation demands sustained mass movement like the Arab Spring in order to bring the desired change, Sarat added.