Senapati, April 22 (NNN): The All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has announced to go ahead with its agitation from April 24.
As decided in the joint meeting of ATSUM and its subordinate bodies and federating units meeting held on April 17, and as announced in media, of resorting to agitation from April 24, “the ATSUM will go ahead with a 12-hour total shut down in all the hill districts from 6:00 am of April 24 demanding befitting action against the erring the RIMS authority,” ATSUM stated in a press release.
The agitation is also to demand the implementation of MoA dated 3rd April 2023 signed between the RIMS, the ATSUM and the Manipur government, according to the ATSUM said in the statement.
Meanwhile, during the bandh, emergency services will be exempted from the purview of the total shutdown, the tribal student body informed.
The ATSUM has appealed to the public to extend cooperation and support to its demand for prevalence of rule of law in the RIMS. “Any inconvenience caused to the general public on account of the total shutdown is highly regretted,” it added.
Meanwhile, All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has decided to endorse the April 24 bandh in the hill districts of Manipur. While extending support, ANSAM “seriously” appealed its constituent units and sub-ordinate bodies to strictly endorse the proposed agitation in their respective jurisdictions for which any untoward incidents during the total shut-down shall be the sole responsibility of the RIMS authority.
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