MSAD holds meeting on ILP
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 15 2015 :
A public meeting was organised by Manipur Students' Association Delhi (MSAD) on Tuesday against the demographic invasion by the state policies and state atrocities at Delhi University Garden.
The meeting resolved to demand issuance of passes/permits which have limited validity to outsiders/non Manipuris, not to allow permanent settlement to non-Manipuris in Manipur, marking 1951 as the base year to differentiate between migrants/non Manipuris from Manipuris/people of Manipur, denying land holding rights to outsiders/non Manipuris, setting up of a full-fledged Labour Department to regulate entry of inter-state migrants and commencement of detection of migrants/outsiders, setting up of a monitoring committee from civil society organizations from the state to check the functioning of the committee/department appointed by the government, said a release by MSAD.
"In keeping with the historicity and contemporary needs of Manipur as a geo-political entity whose existence, as the first Schedule of the Indian Constitution acknowledges, precedes the adoption of the Constitution of India, all necessary constitutional and administrative steps must be taken to protect and preserve the Manipur State and her indigenous people" added the statement.
While adding that Indian Constitution should be amended to implement the ILP/MSPC (Manipur State Permit System) the release warned that either the Manipur Govt.or Union Government of India should not enact any legislation or take administrative step that goes against the spirit and their basic demands.
The meeting also strongly endorsed approaches to be adopted by the people who are parts of the ongoing movement for Manipur State Permit System/ Inner Line Permit System such as; an open dialogue for all the communities of Manipur in the ongoing movement, political class and political consciousness program for the mass awareness, inter-communities dialogue within the communities of Manipur, avoiding of anti non-Manipuri/communal discourses in the process of mobilization.
The meeting also demanded justice to Sapam Robinhood and all the injured persons under state atrocities during the movement, lifting of curfew and restoration of normal life at earliest.