Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 24 2010:
An annual sports meet cum conference of Tangkhul students in Imphal has been reportedly suspended without any prior notice, sources available here said.
Sources available here claimed that the suspension of the sports meet is because of inviting Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi as chief guest its inaugural function scheduled on Wednesday.
Interestingly another informed source said that the dissolution of the executive committee of the organizer-Tangkhul Katamnao Long,Imphal(TKLI) might have led to the suspension of the meet.
Earlier the valedictory function of the XVIIth Annual Sports Meet cum Conference of the TKLI was scheduled to be held on October 23 after completion of the finals of several games and sports events including a beauty pageant.
A reliable source says, the executive committee of TKLI was dissolved for violating the July 1 Senapati declaration.
The dissolution follow a meeting convened by Tangkhul civil society organizations including Tangkhul Naga Long in Ukhrul district headquarters.
The source further added that the meeting also reminded that the TKLI had violated the July 1 Senapati declaration which has been demanding an alternative arrangement to fill the vacuum created in the administrative offices by severing all political ties with the Government of Manipur.
Office bearers of the TKLI could not be contacted for their comments.
State Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh was to be the chief guest of the formal inaugural function of the XVIIth Annual Sports Meet cum Conference of the TKLI at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium wherein the chief minister was to announce the setting up of a Rs 20 lakh worth advanced information centre for the benefit of around 10,000 Tangkhul students living in Imphal.