Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 28:
In protest against the alleged plan of the Delimitation Commission to merge 6-Punanamei Council constituency and 7-Pudanamei Council constituency into a single council constituency under 48-Mao (ST) A/C, the Mao Council has called a 12 hour general strike from 5 am of September 6.Medical, military, electricity, press and postal services will be exempted from the purview of the general strike, conveyed a release.
Alleging that the same mistake is being intended in respect of 49-Tadubi constituency wherein instead of creating new council constituency segments, the existing 3-Chawainamai Khullen Council constituency is being contemplate to be abolished, the Mao Council asserted that this exercise, if at all is implemented, amounts to dictatorship and despotism on the part of the
Delimitation Commission.
It further reminded that several memoranda have been submitted to Delimitation Commission against their intended move.