Loitam Richard: 'Boycott not against Kannadigas': Monika
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 26 2012:
North-eastern students studying in Bangalore colleges feel the boycott imposed in Manipur on goods produced in Karnataka is not against Kannadigas or Karnataka.
"The intention of student bodies which imposed the boycott is to alert both Manipur and Karnataka governments to quickly hand over the case to the CBI.
They're looking for a resolution to the Loitam case.
We desperately want justice," Monika Khangembam, a Manipuri student in Bangalore spearheading the Justice for Loitam initiative, said.
"Schools and colleges in Manipur are closed because student bodies have called a bundh," she said.
Monika pointed out that the Acharya Group of institutions, in whose college Loitam was studying, has been advertising a lot in the north-east.
"Its hoardings and placards are all over.
Why does the institution do this when it can't safeguard the life of its student?" she asks.
"This agitation is against counsellors of these institutions," Monika said.
Will there be a backlash? "No, I don't see any resultant problem as it will adversely affect the government," she said.