'Let's stop war, save sons of soil in battlefield'
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 18 2023:
Stating that many sons of the soil have sacrificed their lives in the battlefield in the present crisis which is against the wishes of the mothers, 'Mirel' the women wing of Thawai Mirel has appealed for bringing an end to the war and save the sons of soil who are in the battlefield.
Addressing media persons in this regard at Manipur Press Club here on Friday, Mirel convenor Th Sujata said that though there seems to be peace in the valley areas following which schools have been reopened and students started attending normal classes, the situation in the foothill area is still tense with firing still going on.
Students of these areas are busy escaping from bullets fired by armed miscreants and nobody is concerned over this matter.
She further stated that the mothers of the state have been following instructions from various organisations on the steps to taken up ever since the ethnic violence erupted on May 3.However, there seems to be no end to the crisis in the state with even people being mercilessly killed while they were sleeping and this has made them wonder whether the steps that are being taken were actually the right step or not.
"Therefore, now we need to stop this war and prevent further loss of human lives.
The demand for removal of Assam Rifles, implementation of NRC and others could be discussed later across the table, she said.
Sujata went on to state that as mothers they do not wish to offer floral tributes to the lifeless bodies of our sons who sacrificed their lives in the present 'war'.
"We need to stop this war once and for all and save our sons who are fighting in the battlefield," she added.
Informing that a public meeting will be organised by Mirel on August 20 at Akampat ground to discuss what steps are needed to be taken up to stop this 'war', she appealed to all CSOs and the public to take part
in the meeting.