O Joy dubs Home Minister Shinde as enemy of Manipur
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, October 23 2012: Hitting out at Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over his mocking statement on the resolution of Manipur Legislative Assembly for implementation of Inner Line Permit System in the state, Ex- MLA of Manipur People's Party (MPP), Okram Joy has categorically denounced Shinde is an enemy of Manipur.

Joy was speaking to media on the sideline of releasing a wall poster demanding implementation of ILP in the state at the party office here today.

O Joy condemned the statement of Shinde who term the decision of State Assembly as an immature decision.

Mocking at the decision of a State Assembly is an example of immature personality and an unworthy public representative, O Joy countered, adding that the statement of the Union Home Minister was not in tune to a principle of a country where there is parliamentary form of government.

"His remark on the decision of the State Assembly is a direct attack on the state and it shows his outlook towards the people of Manipur", O Joy said, while disclosing that he had dispatched official letters to all the political parties in the state for discussing the matter but no party has responded so far.

Joy further informed that he had also sent another letter to the state Home Minister Gaikhangam and the latter too has not given any reply.

Pointing out that Manipur constitutes only about 0.67 percent of the total land area of India and 0.2 percent of the total population of the country, O Joy maintained that uncontrolled influx of non locals in the state has posed a great threat to the sustainability of indigenous people of the state.

In such a situation, implementation of Inner Line Permit System is the only way to save the indigenous people of the state and its identity, the Ex-MLA said.

Commenting on the 'imminent settlement of Naga issue', O Joy observed that the Government of India should not touch an inch of Manipur's land while trying to solve the Naga issue.

If the Centre concedes to providing special status to the Nagas, it would be a communal act of the India government, which would amounts to sidelining the interest of other communities living in the region while trying to appease the Nagas.

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