Mass sit-in on Sept 2 to protest AR notice to Maheshwar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 31 2023:
Maintaining that the legal notice served to Republican Party of India (Athawale) national secretary Maheshwar Thounoujam by Assam Rifles is an affront to the public, Committee Against the Legal Notice by IGAR (South) to Maheshwar Thounaojam has declared that mass sit-in agitation will be carried out throughout the state on September 2 .
Addressing media persons at Manipur Press Club, here, on Thursday, Committee chairperson Benubala Maibam said that Maheshwar has been relentlessly highlighting the issues prevailing in the state and the atrocities committed by the Assam Rifles during the crisis, to the people of mainland India.
It is very unfortunate that the Assam Rifles is trying to silence the voice of the Meitei community by serving legal notice to Maheshwar who is narrating the truth to the outside world, Benubala said, while adding that AR is prohibiting any form of narrative against them and demanding clarification.
She further stated that the legal notice served to Maheshwar is akin to serving notice to the people of Manipur.
Therefore, it is time the people launch agitation against the AR personnel and as a first step a mass sit-in protest agitation will be launched on September 2 from 11 am to 3pm.She also appealed to all the people of the state to take part in the agitation.