Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 25:
Setting the record straight, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has ridiculed the notion that the Urea quota of the State might have been sold off to Myanmar and to other tea gardens outside the State.
Talking to mediapersons at the Chief Minister's Secretariat this evening, Ibobi categorically stated that the question of selling off the State quota of urea does not arise at all as it (Urea) could not be lifted due to the 52-day long economic blockade of ANSAM on the two National Highways.
Out of the total 40,000 Metric tonne of Urea to be lifted as State quota, so far only 10,000 to 13,000metric tonne has been lifted.
So where does the question of selling them off arise?, he countered.
Responding to a question on the proposed ban on All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) for having celebrated Manipur's Independence day on August 14, the Chief Minister, who is also in charge of the Home portfolio said that he does not have any knowledge about it.
So I do not know what further course of action is to be taken in this regard, he added.




