Naga students protest firing, demand PR in Manipur

Protesting the unprovoked firing on supporters of NSCN-IM general secretary T Muivah at Mao, hundreds of Naga students in Shillong today demanded a judicial probe into the incident and imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur where the “security machinery has failed utterly.” People from the Naga community under the banner of Naga Students Union Shillong held a sit-in protest at Nagaland House here shouting slogans against Manipur government’s “highhandedness”. The unprovoked firing that leads to the killing of Naga people at Mao is unconstitutional and an act of highhandedness and the culprits should be brought to book and a judicial probe instituted into the incident demanded the Naga community people in Shillong. They also demanded a neutral force should be brought in the Senapati district of ManipurAlleging atrocities on Naga residents by security forces in Senapati district, Xavier claimed that seven Naga people were killed in the firing two days back and over hundred were injured. Present on the occasion Prof. Prasenjit Biswas of North easter hill university said Muivah cannot be barred from returning to his homeland, the peace talk with the centre is going on well. The protesters displayed placards decrying the unprovoked firing by the Manipur Commandos and termed them Killing Machines. The supporters strongly denounced the role of the Ibobi government. In a memorandum to the President of India Pratibha Patil, the Naga students stated that political gimmick played by the Ibobi government over Muivah’s visit is the root cause of the prevailing turmoil. Nagas in Manipur are no longer secure as the government has failed to discharge its constitutional obligation. The union has demanded President’s Rule in Manipur.

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