Home Guards withdraw fast unto death protest

IMPHAL | Aug 29

Manipur Home Guard Employees Welfare Association today withdrew their month-long fast to death protest and decided to start a new agitation from October 2.

Speaking to the media today at Manipur Press Club, Imphal, the association’s president, Y. Mangi claimed that the statement given by additional director general of police, Christopher Doungel that home guard association is misleading all the home guard personnel is “totally false.”

The members of association are all home guard personnel except the president and the association is agitating for the welfare of the home guard personnel. There is no question of misleading the personnel, he added.

Mangi said though allowance of home guard is given through their account. The five battalion commander of home guard keep the bank passbooks of the home guards along with them who never perform their duties but share our allowance, he said.

The president asked the government to select a police officer, not among the five battalion commander to investigate the home guard personnel who never attended their duty.

He appealed to the home special secretary and finance commission to submit their counter affidavit to the High Court of Manipur at the earliest so that the court can take the decision regarding the increment of their monthly allowance.

Mangi said the home guard personnel will take the matter to the Union home minister, Rajnath Singh and BJP national president, Amit Shah.

The association expressed hope that the government will give positive response to their demands within October 2.