Sit-in-protest : Womenfolk of Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikaiunder Naoriya
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 23 2016:
Pakhanglakpa AC have opposed the proposal of NFSA rice distribution without issuing household priority cards to the beneficiaries.
They staged a sit-in-pro-test at Konjeng Leikai market shed on the issue today.
A protester identified as Sougrakpam Shila said that no household card had been .
distributed to the berieficiar ies of the Constituency so far.
Stating that four months had passed since the imple-mentation of NFSA in the State.
Shila said they would oppose the propose of distributing NFSA rice for only two months without issuing household priority cards. She threatened to launch intense agitations if NFSA rice is distributed without household priority cards.
She said that it is unfortunate to entrust the task to some hand-picked persons for rice distribution by the MLA although Fair Price Shop had already been appointed.