Police pick up the two fast-unto death protesters

IMPHAL | Nov 17

Police picked up the two fast-unto death protester at around 2pm today from Keishampat Leimajam Leikai Community Hall and set them free after a few hours.

The protest started from yesterday afternoon at the behest of Socialist Students’ Union of Manipur convenor, publicity and propaganda, N. Tanoranjan and Manipur Proletariat Peoples’ Democratic Union president, Nameirakpam Meghachandra.

The protest was to pressure the government to have Article 3 of the Indian Constitution revoked and to safeguard the territorial integrity of the state, to safeguard the indigenous people of the state and to punish the people who are misusing the PDS items as demanded earlier.

Speaking to media persons, Meghachandra said that the government was elected by the general public thinking that they will take up works for the welfare of the public in public interest but the result is fully contradicted.

He said that MPPDU and SSUM will not stop their agitation of fast-unto death protest until their demands are fulfilled.

Later, after the police set them free, they again resumed with their protest at Khwairamband Ima Keithel at around 5pm.

Police came and stopped the protest again using excessive force during which some altercations took place between the supporters of the protest and police.

SSUM and MPPDU strongly condemned the action of the police using excessive forces in tackling democratic ways of agitation.