IMPHAL, April 6: The All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) is all set to organize the 32nd Realization Day (Meekap Thokpa Numit) 2012 on April 17 in remembrance of the mass movement launched by the student body in 1980 where security forces killed two students and injured many others.
As part of the observation, AMSU will launch a campaign in which class mobilization at schools, street corner-meeting at public places, publicity, distribution of leaflets, etc. will be conducted pertaining to the problem being faced by Manipur due to large scale influx of migrants in the state.
The student body has also set up an observation committee for the 32nd Realization Day observation, AMSU informed and said the main function of the observation will be held at Singjamei Chinga where people will pay rich tributes to the memorial tombs of Potsangbam Premananda and Huidrom Loken.
Premananda and Loken died in a violent scuffle with security forces on April 17, 1980 during a mass movement pushing their demand to send away foreigners or migrants from Manipur that was spearheaded by the oldest student organization in Manipur.
A blood donation camp will also be organized in connection with the observation on that day and flags inscribed as “32 Realization day Observation” April 17, 2012” will be distributed among the students during the class mobilization and that all the students are requested to contribute Rs 5 each, AMSU general secretary, Dipanjit Ningthoujam appealed in a statement.
Seeking cooperation from the people to make the observation a grand success, AMSU appealed to all, particularly the indigenous people of the region to participate in the event.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/04/amsu-to-observe-32nd-realization-day/