Betting banned
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 15 2014:
The Joint Committee on Inner line Permit System Students Wing (JCLIPS) and organisers of ongoing mela at Yaiskul, Heinoubok and Kakwa Lilando Lampak held a joint meeting at Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School and unanimously resolved to ban games which involve betting and staking money.
Speaking to mediapersons at JCILPS office at Nongmeibung, co-convener of JCILPS Students Wing Longjam Abothe Meitei said representatives of JCILPS Students Wing and mela organising committee agreed to ban the games and urge the State Government to set a specific location to organise melas.
Abothe Meitei also stated that the mela in all the three locations would remain closed till the next meeting on December 17 at 11 am.