Imphal, Sep 11 : It was a long day of demonstrations in Imphal.In one, the children of IRB personnel demonstrated at the gate of the Kangla Fort, three days after their mothers had done the same, to protest against the government’s decision to evict them from the fort.
In the other, students and sportspersons, led by the coordinating committee spearheading the Monika Devi campaign, took out a rally after which the government warned the Centre that the state would burn if the probe into the weightlifter’s case failed to nail the culprits. The failure would be construed as an act of discrimination against people of the state, it added.
The children of IRB personnel demanded an alternative place to stay if they were shifted from Kangla. “We have come from far-off places in the hills. Our village does not have any school. If I go back to my village I would not be able to attend classes. My father is a rifleman and cannot afford to rent a place in Imphal,” T. Haokip from Churachandpur district said.
As part of the security for Ibobi Singh and Raj Bhavan complex, the government has decided to remove the families of the IRB from Kangla seven days after the September 1 attack on the chief minister’s office complex.
Nearly 250 children of IRB personnel live inside the fort and study in Imphal schools. Many of them are from far-off places such as Jiribam, 222km from Imphal.
However, after the quit notice, the government has not made any attempt to forcibly remove the families.
Another protest was organised by the Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur, All Manipur Students’ Federation and Manipuri Students’ Federation under the aegis of the coordinating committee.
The committee warned that it would approach international sports organisations seeking justice if the ongoing inquiries failed to book the guilty officials.
It had suspended its decision not to send Manipuri players to national and international games in view of the CBI inquiry and the probe by former Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy.
Manipur has missed nearly 10 national and zonal meets. The meeting also resolved to move court against the sports officials who had “conspired” against Monika.
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