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Imphal, July 11: Sit in protests to demand implementation of ILP continued today. Protestors came in large numbers at Uripok areas and national highway no 2. Shops were closed down at Sekmai.
The Manipur People’s Party (MPP) Wednesday pushed for passing of Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the current monsoon session of the state assembly.
The campaign on implementation of ILP system has been an impetuous demand of numerous NGOs and other student organizations in the state but the movement that has been gaining momentum in the last about two weeks is spearheaded by Joint Committee on ILP System.
The committee was formed recently to put pressure on the state government to reintroduce ILP in Manipur. Different NGOs, including Federation of Regional Indigenous Society (FRIENDS), United Committee Manipur (UCM), All Manipur Clubs’ Organization (AMUCO) and several student organizations are parts of the committee.
Joining the campaign, MPP staged a sit-in outside its office building here on the demand for reintroduction of ILP in the state.
MPP president S Umananda, who was also participating the sit-in protest, said ILP should be approved and passed in the current monsoon session of the state assembly.
Manipuris are on the brink of wiping out as the influx of migrants has not been able to stop so the people are demanding ILP system in the state, the MPP president held.
The MPP has been relentlessly working in the interest of the people besides the party also has a firm stand to protect the state integrity, Umananda stated.
Saying that the regional party takes the ILP issue seriously, he claimed that the serious problem of flooding of migrants in Manipur has created the ground for the people’s demand on the reintroduction of ILP.
The party will render full support to the people’s movement, Umananda pledged.The lone regional political party in the state had said that opposition by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in implementing ILP in Manipur was against the provisions of Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.
Meanwhile, demonstration on the demand of ILP system was also organized at Brahmapur Hari Khagok Makhong, Wangkhei Thangapat Mapal. The protest was jointly organized by Palace Compound Apunba Women’s Association and Women Art and Cultural Association.
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