Imphal, Aug 18NNN: The United Naga Council (UNC) said its proposed 96-hour bandh will go ahead as planned from the midnight of August 20.
However, the UNC said a safe passage will be allowed to outstationed students and other natives who are homeward bound on “mass exodus” due to violence and threats thereof on North Easterners in some parts of the country. “While the collective human problem of the North East region will receive adequate accommodation, the general public are once again requested to extend their cooperation and solidarity towards our legitimate and registered political issues, which is being deliberately ignored by the Government,” the UNC stated.
The UNC said the bandh has been called to protest against the utter lack of respect for the democratic process of dialogue and insincerity on the part of the Government of India and the Government of Manipur in taking forward the tripartite talk on the demand for an alternative arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur .
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