The stance of Iron Lady of Manipur – a pyrrhic victory

After sixteen plus years of fast in protest against the dreaded spine-chilling Malom Massacre on Nov 2, 2000 where 10 innocent lives were mowed down by Assam Rifles personnel, it seems, Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Iron Lady of Manipur has gone butter startling everyone in Manipur and the world with her sudden revelation that she’d discontinue her fast. Nobody expected that after all those years of fast, she’d make such a rowdy decision, a decision to enter politics as her platform to fight against AFSPA, 1958 and make her dreams come true.

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After sixteen plus years of fast in protest against the dreaded spine-chilling Malom Massacre on Nov 2, 2000 where 10 innocent lives were mowed down by Assam Rifles personnel, it seems, Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Iron Lady of Manipur has gone butter startling everyone in Manipur and the world with her sudden revelation that she’d discontinue her fast. Nobody expected that after all those years of fast, she’d make such a rowdy decision, a decision to enter politics as her platform to fight against AFSPA, 1958 and make her dreams come true.

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