Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 30 2009:
Opposition leader LK Advani has assured to highlight the chaotic situation besetting Manipur in the wake of the July 23 Imphal "fake encounter" and the alleged failure of the Chief Minister O Ibobi led SPF Government in the ongoing Parliament session.
Advani gave this assurance during a meeting with a delegation of the saffron party from the Northeast region comprising party's Northeast in-charge P Chandrasekhar Rao, State BJP unit secretary L Basanta Sharma, etc at his New Delhi residence on Monday.
"As briefed by our team and assisted by the party's National spokesman Prakash Javedkar , Advaniji assured us that he along with Sushma Swaraj will raise all important issues besetting Manipur," Basanta said.
The delegation briefed about the collapse of education system for the last four months now following the class boycott call of three student bodies in protest against the July 23 incident and the unrelenting gunning down of innocent people in fake encounter by the security forces, Basanta informed.
"Among various points, we also highlighted the issues related to alleged nexus between State security forces and certain underground groups and their indulgence in extortion in addition to the alleged accumulation of assets and properties disproportionate to his known source of income by the Chief Minister and rampant corruption," Basanta added.
BJP leaders Arun Jaitley along with Prakash Javedkar have also reportedly assured the delegation to take up the same issues in the Rajya Sabha, which is currently in session.