Joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders Day ; CM reiterates trust in Centre's assurance
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, November 15 2019:
Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that the present State Government has full trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that they would keep their positive commitments on the Indo-Naga peace talks.
The Chief Minister was speaking at a press briefing held today by the sideline of a joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders' Day at the Durbar Hall of the Chief Minister's Secretariat today.
Biren maintained that they have gathered a rough report collected from various levels consisting of opinions and wishes of people and CSOs of the State.
The same has been shared with Union Home Minister Amit Shah this morning, he added.
The Chief Minister also stated that the State Government would invite representatives of the Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) and other stake holders for thorough discussion before consultations with the Centre on the issue.
Regarding the demand for convening a special session of Manipur Legislative Assembly, he said that the State Government is not unwilling to convene a special Assembly session.
Within the short tenure of the present Government, Assembly resolutions on protecting State's territorial integrity had been taken twice and similar resolutions on the same issue had been taken twelve times by earlier Governments, he added.
Mentioning that the State Government firmly trusts the positive response and commitment given by the Central Government on the issue, the Chief Minister stated that the Government will convene the Assembly session when the situation arises.
Biren urged the people and different civil society organisations of the State to trust the Government.
He informed that the Union Home Minister also earlier assured them that all stakeholders would be consulted before finalising the peace talks with the Nagas.
Replying to a query about disclosing the contents of the Indo-Naga peace talks, Chief Minister maintained, "We had asked about the contents of the peace talks, however the Central leaders reiterated that the Indo-Naga deal wouldn't affect the administrative structure of Manipur and won't lead to formation of districts based on ethnic lines etc" .
Responding on the recent ban on financial transactions of the State Government, Biren said that the ban was just a precautionary measure to overcome excessive overdraft of the Government account so that the Reserve Bank of India would not impose a ban on financial transactions of the State.
He maintained that the Centre's share of around Rs.161 crore was credited to the State Government's account yesterday which was due to be credited in the first week of every month.
He assured that the ban would be lifted soon.
The Chief Minister heard around 300 complaints and met around 1000 people from 9.15 am to 12.15 pm .
Many differently-abled persons, widows and people belonging to poor families were instantly enrolled under Government's schemes like Chief Minister-gi Hakshel-gi Tengbang (CMHT) and Chief Minister-gi Sotharabashing-gi Tengbang (CMST) etc.
Many educated and skilled youths were also identified for providing soft loans from different banks.
Officials of Health Department and JNIMS were there to attend to the people, who sought medical assistance, reimbursement and health care in Government hospitals.
Other departments including Minority, Other Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes, Social Welfare, Education (S), Manipur State Co-operative Bank Ltd and Manipur Police were also present to help resolve people's grievances.
Around 1500 tree saplings were also distributed by Forest Department to the people who turned up to highlight their grievances on the joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders' Day.
The saplings included Champaka (Leihao), Jackfruit (Theibong), Indian Olive (Chorphon), Yellow Myrobalan (Manahi), Arjuna (Mayokpha), Indian Gooseberry (Heikru) and Tree Bean (Yongchak) .
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