VDF personnel decide to stay away from duty
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 30 2015 :
All Manipur VDF Welfare Association (AMVDFWA) has decided that all VDF personnel in the nine districts will stay away from duty until its demands are met by the State Government at the earliest.
A meeting of AMVDFWA held here on Monday took the decision, a statement said.
All VDF personnel arrested by police recently were also accorded a warm welcome during the meeting.
It set April 10 next as deadline to the State Government to implement the demands of AMVDFWA and warned that failing to fulfill the deadline will lead to fresh agitation by the association.
It urged the State Government to fulfill the demands of AMVDFWA at the earliest as per the agreement reached between the DGP of Manipur Police Shahid Ahmed and leaders of the association during a meeting on March 28 .
The association suspended its indefinite strike on March 28 after the DGP promised to implement its demands after consulting the matter with the Chief Minister.