Panchayat panel team to visit Jiribam
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 13 2024:
A team of Panchayat Administrative Committee would be visiting Jiribam to assist the displaced Meeteis in the district which has become the epicentre of the ethnic conflict following the brutal murder of a Meetei farmer on June 6.The decision was arrived at during a joint meeting of panchayat committees of Thoubal, Bishnupur, Imphal East and Imphal West districts represented by their respective chairpersons and members held at the office of Imphal West Zila Parishad at DC Office Complex, Lamphelpat on Thursday.
Interacting with the media after the meeting, Imphal West Zila Parishad chairperson Laishram Bobby said that the team will visit Jiribam and extend assistance to the displaced people while expressing concern over the escalating tension in the district.
She also urged Central security forces to refrain from arresting village volunteers, who are defending their villages and the territorial integrity of the state from Kuki militants.