ILPS demand simmers, non-locals held, truck set ablaze
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, July 30 2014: Maintaining silence by 60 MLAs after State Assembly adopted a resolution two times in favour of enforcing ILPS in the State is an indication of taking people's aspiration for granted, alleged L Sotinkumar.

On the other hand, 34 non-local labourers were pulled up and later released before a truck which transported the non-locals were set ablaze by some unidentified persons at Koirengei area.

Speaking at a sit-in-protest staged on the issue of ILPS by CPI Manipur State Council at Irawat Bhavan, L Sotinkumar said that the present unrest is due to State Government's failure to take up necessary steps on time.

As such, students and people are unable to bear the lackadaisical attitude of the Government on the issue, he said and added that it is unfortunate to remain silent although the matter has been passed by the State Legislative Assembly two times.

ILPS demand simmers, non-locals held, truck set ablaze

Strongly condemning police excesses meted out to stu- dent agitators, Sotinkumar de-manded action against those police personnel who had shown their brutality to innocent students.

Ever since the time of Irabot, CPI Manipur has been contributing its bit on protection of integrity, culture and tradition of Manipur, he said.

Soibam Leikai Wangkhei Khunou Nupi Seva Lup also staged a sit-in-protest demanding implementation of ILPS at Soibam Leikai yesterday.

A woman protester said that the Lup would support every stir initiated by civil society organisations on the issue.

New Checkon Meira Paibi Lup staged a sit-in-protest on the issue at New Checkon today.

Lup executive member Nongmaithem Ongbi Kumu-dini said that population of indigenous people would be outnumbered by non-local population if ILPS is not enforced in the State at the earliest.

She also condemned thrashing of student agitators by police.

Amidst the strong and extensive mass movement being carried out in different parts of the State demanding enforcement of Inner Line Permit System in Manipur, 34 non-local labourers who did not possess any identification documents were held by Mei-ra Pabis of Kanglatongbi at Korengei and a Shaktiman truck which was transporting the migrant labourers were set blaze by some unidentified persons.

Women activists saw a Shaktiman truck with some non-local people driving past Kanglatongbi at around 8 am yesterday.

They chased the truck and halted it at Koiren-gei.

The women activists called down all the 34 non-local people and took them to a nearby youth club.

There they were asked to produce their identification documents but none of them could produce any document.

They were handed over to Heing-ang police station.

According to the non-local labourers, they have been working at Makhan for the past two years since they were engaged by the Credible Engineering Constructions Pvt Ltd for the construction of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University there.

They were coming to join Id-ul-Fitr celebration at Hatta.

Even though the women activists wished to hand over the 34 non-local people to the Joint Committee on ILPS, they were somehow handed over to police.

Meanwhile, the Shaktiman truck which was transporting the non-local labourers were set ablaze by some unidentified persons at around 1.30 pm today .

It is reported that police have freed all the 34 non-local labourers.