Candle light at DU for peace and harmony among different communities

20 December 2016

Candle light at DU for peace and harmony among different communities

NEFIS, MSAD, DAMMS AND UNIKAS JOINTLY HOLD CANDLE LIGHT MARCH AT DU FOR PEACE AND HARMONY AMONG DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN MANIPUR!

Today, activists from NEFIS, MSAD, DAMMS and UNIKAS held a Candle Light March at Arts Faculty, North Campus, Delhi University for peace and harmony in Manipur amid the present situation of communal rift among different communities. The organizations appealed to different communities to harmoniously reconcile their differences through dialogue.

The organizations are of the belief that there should be a mechanism of dialogue and consultations between different communities. The move to create new districts should have been taken with the consent of all communities and the state should have consulted different groups before deciding on the issue. The gathering condemned the role of Manipur Government for creating such a situation where different communities found themselves at loggerheads with each other.

Candle light at DU for peace and harmony among different communities

Addressing the gathering the speakers emphasized the following points:

1. The economic blockade and counter-blockade must be lifted to ease the hardship borne by the poor and labouring masses of all communities.

2. All the arrested leaders of different communities should be unconditionally released to facilitate dialogue and consultation among communities.

3. The democratic rights of any individual or community to protest against the present decision of Manipur Government should be upheld.

4. Any incidence of violence against common people that might have occurred in the present situation of economic blockade and counter-blockade in Manipur is condemnable.

5. The Government should take immediate measures to facilitate dialogue to overcome trust-deficit between different communities.

Released by: Delhi Association of Manipur Muslim Students (DAMMS), Manipur Students’ Association, Delhi (MSAD). North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS), United Kakching Association of Students (UNIKAS).