Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 18 2009:
Decrying the attitude of the Government in trying to mislead the people on the ongoing agitation over the July 23 Khwairamband Bazar incident, the two JACs of Sanjit and Rabina have pointed out that extracting statements from the witnesses at gun-joint would never resolve the matter.
Hardening their stand on the present deadlock, the two JACs have also announced that they are prepared to intensify the ongoing agitation until the Government bend down from its present position.
In a joint statement, the two JACs observed that the wary of the newspaper report of some Ministers fighting for plum portfolios instead of listening to the demands of the people even after more than three and half months of agitation.The remarks of Minister Loken on the Khwairamband Bazar incident of killing two persons and causing injuries to five others in police firing has reaffirmed the fact the daily incident of killing taking place in Manipur today is being carried out at the behest of the Govt.The future of Manipur would remain bleak until the present Government has not been removed, the joint statement said, while exhorting the public and the civil organisations to exercise their rights in cleansing the present system.