Two different general strikes is likely to hit normal
life in Manipur from October 14 till October 15 night. During the
strike, no commodity including consumer items, cannot be brought to
Manipur.
Kuki Impi Manipur and Naga People's
Organisation have called a 48 hour- general strike in Manipur from
the midnight of October 14. Talking to reporters T. Thangkam president
of Kuki Impi Saikul and Chance Raikhan, president of Naga People's
organisation said that for unexplained reasons the government had
brought 120 villages of the Naga and the Kuki tribes under the police
stations located in non-tribal areas. They had made representations to
the authorities to rectify the same. The organisation warned of more
stirs, if the government did not respond after the proposed general
strike.
The Coordinating Committee (Corcom) of the
six proscribed underground organisations in Manipur have joined hands
with National Liberation Front of Tripura to call an 18-hour general
strike in both the states from midnight of October 14. A joint statement
issued by Corcom and NFLT says that these two independent kingdoms were
forcibly merged with independent India on October 15, 1948. Contending
that the merger was against international law these outfits have been
observing "Black month" from September 15 to October 15 all these years.
As
the governments of Manipur and Tripura anticipate violence during the
general strike called by the militant groups security measures have been
beefed up.
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