Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 07 2009:
Protest demonstrations against monetary demands slapped by armed group/s upon Gram Panchayat institutions and members continued for the second day today.
In defiance of the monetary demands and extending solidarity to anguish and plight of the Gram Panchayat institutions and its elected members, womenfolk led by local Meira Paibis where GP offices are located staged sit-in protests today.
Places where such protests were held included Changangei Bazar, Kangmong Maklang and at Maklang community hall.
banners and placards decrying unjustifiable pressure being piled upon gram panchayats through insistence on huge monetary demands by armed group/s, appealing for ameliorating suffering of GP members and urging the UG groups to abstain from impeding administrative obligations and function of these GPs were put up at the protest sites.