IMPHAL, Dec 20: The Maoist Communist Party, Manipur has said that the December 21 general it had announced earlier was only a pressure tactics and as such it will not be imposed.
A press release of the outfit has said that it had set December 20 as the deadline for the government to make available food grains in minimal price to the poor farmers, however, the government continued to turn a deaf ear to the call.
The statement said that the outfit will impose a general strike on December 21, if in case the government fail to heed to the call, was only a pressure tactics and as such the strike will not be imposed.
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