Women protest against rampant bomb culture

IMPHAL | Jan 8

The Tangkhul women folks today staged a peaceful sit-in-protest at Phungreitang, Ukhrul condemning the prevalence of bomb culture and the alleged heinous crime targeting the life of innocent people of the district in their vested interest in exchange of human life.

President of Tangkhul Shanao Long (TSL), Grace Shatsang expressed that persistent bomb threat in the town has created women to insecure life into panic situation. She claimed that people should value the importance of life, no organisation or individual have to play with human life at the expense of their wants.

 Vice-president of TNL, P. Peimi urged to abandon the bomb culture and to create the feeling of oneness of living together. He said it is a matter of great shame and embarrassments for Christian dominated district like Ukhrul that reports frequent bomb attack so the town has lost its peaceful environment. The village authority should judge for any act which is against the customary law.

The TNL today convened an emergency consultative which was attended by all the civil society organisation of Ukhrul and discussed the matter of frequent bomb culture at Ukhrul town. They condemned it as savage act. Representative of Hindu Samaj, Ukhrul town and village leaders participated the sit-in organised by Tangkhul Shanao Long.