IMPHAL, October 31: A day after the Editor’s Guild Manipur threatened to boycott the Kut festival in case the organisers failed to reach out to all media houses instead of extending invitation to a select few, the State level Kut Committee has clarified that it has limited seat arrangement for media persons.
Speaking to media persons today during a press conference at the Banquet hall of the 1st Manipur Rifles, spokespersons Chunglenmang Kipgen said we wanted to invite all media persons but there is a limited seat of just 45 in the media enclosure arranged for the festival.
Acknowledging the dissatisfaction over the arrangement, he said now media persons with their media houses issued identity cards will be allowed to the media enclosure on a first come first basis until the 45 seats are full. However, all those who have already received id-cards from the organisers will be outside of the first come first basis, he added.
Coming to the arrangement of the premiere festival of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo communities which will be celebrated on November 1 at the 1st Manipur Rifles parade ground, he said there will be two sessions tomorrow.
The morning session will begin at 10am with the deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam attending whereas, the Chief Minister of the State Okram Ibobi Singh will chair the evening’s proceedings.
As for parking arrangement, the public and invitees can park at the Bengali High School campus, while for the invited cultural troupes, parking has been arranged at the Old Lambulane and VIPs and flagged cars should be parked behind the 1st MR Banquet Hall.
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