Congress woos Ukl with Food Ordinance
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik
Ukhrul, August 06 2013:
Youths of the State in thousands turned up to attend the one day State Level (ST) Congress Youth Convention held at Town hall, Ukhrul today.
In line with UPA's objective of eradicating poverty, the Govt policy on Food Security Bill was the main agenda of the convention.
During the discussion, different UPA flagship programmes were deliberated.
Deputy CM Gaikhangam, who is also the President of MPCC was the chief Guest of the Convention.
Amongst others, the convention was attended by MLA Dr Ng Bijoy Singh; Preshaw Shimray, Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly; Parliamentary Secy Victor Keishing; Parliamentary Secy Md Amin Shah; Mahendra Singh, IYC secy NE i/c; Deepika Pandey, IYC Secy i/c Manipur and representatives from the Centre and State youth congress.
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Deepika Pandey was presented with a traditional head gear.
Speakers at the convention echoed that food grain to every citizens for sustenance is a right of every citizen and said that the SPF Govt here would enforce the Food Security Bill from Aug 20 .
The chief guest released a souvenir, 'Understanding the legislation Food Security Ordinance/Bill -2013' during the occasion.