Lawmkunga assumes charge as CS
IMPHAL, Aug 1 MNS NNN: Newly appointed chief secretary of Manipur PC Lawmkunga has affirmed that he will focus work for the equal development of the hills and the valley districts. He also said that functioning of offices in all the districts will be strictly monitored so that no room is given for misgovernance.
Talking to some journalists at his new chamber today, PC Lawmkunga said he will give maximum effort for the all round development both in the hills and the valley without any bias.
PC Lawmkunga had succeeded DS Poonia as the chief secretary of Manipur.
Several tribal based organisations have been elated after another tribal has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Manipur after a long gap.
It has been almost 20 years now that a tribal was the chief secretary of Manipur in H Jelshyam.
PC Lawmkunga has assumed office for the first time as the chief secretary of Manipur today succeeding DS Poonia. He appointment was announced late yesterday.
PC Lawmkunga is a 1979 Manipur-Tripura Indian Administrative Service cadre. He was born on October 1, 1955 in Mualthuam village, Mizoram.
Meanwhile, Committee on Protection of Tribal Areas, Manipur (COPTAM), Indigenous Democratic Front (IDF), All Manipur Tribal Students Union, Manipur (ATSUM) and All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) while congratulating the new chief secretary, have expressed gratitude to the government of Manipur and chief minister O Ibobi Singh for having had appointed a tribal as the chief secretary of Manipur.
These tribal based bodies expressed optimism that a tribal becoming the chief secretary of Manipur, will ‘soothe the wounds’ of the hill people.
COPTAM, ATSUM, AMTU and others have been urging the government not to skip the senior IAS officers who are tribals while appointing a new chief secretary of Manipur in the last few months. These bodies have been saying that there are lots of tribal bureaucrats who should be given their due shares while alleging that tribal IAS and IPS officers have been overlooked while appointing the chief secretary or the director general of police (DGP) in the state. However, the appointment of PC Lawmkunga has satiated them to certain extent.
UNA adds the Kuki Inpi Manipur expressed its heartiest congratulations and warm welcome to the recently sworn in as the first citizen of Manipur Dr. Ashwani Kumar, the Governor of Manipur and high profile pen pusher person Pu P.C. Lawnkunga, IAS as
the new Chief Secretary of the State.
The general secretary of Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) Khaimang Chongloi, on behalf of the KIM lauded the Chief Minister O.Ibobi Singh, and his SPF Government for doing justice in the administrative affairs by appointing P.C. Lawnkunga, the senior most and deserving IAS officer to the prestigious top post of the government.
“The appointment of P.C. Lawnkunga as the new Chief Secretary of the State without any partiality shows a delivery of justice and transparency of the O. Ibobi Singh led SPF Government”, Khaimang Chongloi added.
While welcoming both the newly sworn in Governor and the newly appointed Chief Secretary of the State, the Kuki Inpi Manipur firmly believed and hoped a new era of justice-socially, politically and economically to all the peoples of the state irrespective of caste and creed and also expressed its hope for the upliftment of the poor and downtrodden peoples in the composite society of the State. The KIM also wishes Dr. Ashwani Kumar, the Governor of Manipur and high profile bureaucrat personal P.C. Lawnkunga all the best in their endeavoring administration.
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