MPP workers stage sit-in
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, July 11 2012:
The Manipur People's Party (MPP) Wednesday pushed for passing of a resolution on reintroduction of Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the current monsoon session of the State Assembly.
Party workers staged a sit-in outside its office building here today on the demand for reintroduction of ILP in the state.
Talking to reporters, MPP president S Umananda, who also participated in sit-in protest, said ILP should be approved and passed in the current monsoon session of the state assembly.
Manipuris are on the brink of wiping out as the influx of migrants has not been able to stop so the people are demanding ILP system in the state, the MPP president held.
The MPP has been relentlessly working in the interest of the people besides the party also has a firm stand to protect the state integrity, Umananda stated.
Saying that the regional party takes the ILP issue seriously, he claimed that the serious problem of flooding of migrants in Manipur has created the ground for the people's demand on the reintroduction of ILP.
The party will render full support to the people's movement, Umananda pledged.
The lone regional political party in the state had said that opposition by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in implementing ILP in Manipur was against the provisions of Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.