Imphal, November 23, 2009: The Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has alleged that some leaders of the agitating students' bodies�who have put the career of the students in peril in the name of campaigning for the right to life�have taken professional examinations conducted by MU.

A statement issued by the president of DESAM, LC Santosh today said that this shows the mindset of the agitating students who only think for their selfish end without caring for others.

It stated that the careers of other students are equally important like them.

People have to mull over the matter.

He said that the Apunba Lup and the three students' bodies, AMSU, MSF, and KSA have reduced the people's agitation against the Khwairamband incident into an agitation against the people.

He said that the un-thoughtful act of the three students' bodies in protest against the July 23 BT Road incident has rendered the people to turn against the agitation which compels the government to take more advantage of the situation.

The agitation is paving the way for the dawn of a 'depression government' by extending more support to the depressed government.It alleged the agitating bodies of supporting the 'police-raj'.

The acts of the three student bodies and the Apunba Lup are testimony that they are severing the suppression of the already depressed people.

Stating that DESAM has always stood against the violation of rights, fake encounter and atrocities committed by the police and the Army, the statement asserted that it is equally important for all people to stop the rights violations and atrocities.

But it is wrong to reduce the students to scapegoat in the agitation against fake encounters and rights violation.

The ongoing agitation is like terrorists taking students as hostages and killing them for not fulfilling their ransom demands.

It stated that it is justifiable that all sections of the society including the students took part in the agitation.

But turning against the students by denying their studies based on the justification would not bring any solution to the problem.

DESAM has clearly realised the expected outcome over the success and failure of the civil societies' agitation and what impression the government would have on the civil society organisations.

It noted that the failure of the agitation and the civil society organisations is a defeat of the people.

DESAM has taken its decision after realising all the things.

It is easier to start a war and participate in a war than winning the war or bringing an end to it.

In connection with the agitation against the Khwairamband incident, DESAM doesn't remain neither as an observer from outside the boundary of the agitation nor it acts as a judge.

The students' body supported the agitation.

The point with the DESAM is that the strategy or line of approach adopted should be to mobilise the people in order to ensure success with the participation of the whole people.

The agitating parties should now think on how to further the agitation.

They have to seek way in order to engage all sections of the people in the agitation, it stated.

It also derided the agitating parties for presenting themselves as champions through the media, calling bandh through telephones, issuing threats to schools' authorities, fearing the police lathi, fearing to be booked under NSA and serving jail term but who claimed to launch an agitation to secure right to life.

It urged the agitating parties to make it public that the agitation could not bring a solution.

It stated that DESAM is not against the agitation.

But it is standing against the process of turning future of the society into darkness by banning education.

The students' body will go with any organisations or individuals whether they be army, police militants, if they have similar aspiration to make education a free zone, to develop and improve education sector, and usher in quality education.

Stating that India won independence from the British rule after enjoying the benefits of education, the statement asserted that education is a deciding factor of life and death.

It noted that anybody raised without education is morally deprived be they in politics, bureaucratic hierarchy, police or any armed forces organisation.

Unwanted happenings in the society are taking places due to the presence of numerous such kind of people.

The ongoing agitation is termed 'agitational terrorism' as the agitators have resorted to ban class, issuing threats to school authorities, bus and van associations, and burning down schools, the statement justified.

On the usage of the term 'agitational terrorism,' the statement said that the term is an English vocabulary whether it be used by Indian soldiers.

Instead of arguing the usage of the term, the three students' bodies have first to introspect whether their act amounts to terrorism or not.

The frequent statement used by the student bodies like "ready to launch further agitations," "any outcome will be the individuals' responsibility" etc would be reduced to proverbial 'Bausing's left arm,' who fell flat before using his left arm in the boxing ring.

Rule of law would not be in force if the rule of law is violated by the students' bodies.

Further, the statement also urged the three students' bodies to restrain from arguing their points in an ad hominem way.

It stated that DESAM is very much able to pour diatribes on any individual.

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