Manipur News

IMPHAL, January 21: The Election Commission of India has designated secretary, Manipur Legislative Assembly as the returning officer and the joint secretary, M Ramani Devi and Rohit Sapam, deputy secretary, MLA as the assistant returning officers of the biennial election to the one seat for Rajya Sabha of the state.

An official notification of secretary to the ECI, KN Bhar, republished by the chief electoral officer, Manipur has said that the last date for making nominations is January 28, while the scrutiny of the nominations has been slated for January 29.

Further according to the notification, the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures has also been slated January 31; while February 7 has been slated for a poll, and that the election should be completed by February 10.

Meanwhile, the secretary Manipur legislative Assembly secretary, who has also been designated as the returning officer, Y Indira has said that the committee room, Manipur Legislative Assembly secretariat has been fixed as the place of poll.

The returning officer has also issued a notice of election which said that the nomination papers will be taken up for scrutiny at Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat on January 29, at 11 am, while nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or by any of his proposers to the returning officer or to M Ramani Devi, assistant returning officer, at Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Imphal between 11 am and 3 pm on any day, other than public holiday, but not later than January 28, 2014.

It also said that forms of nomination paper may be obtained at the place and time aforesaid; notice of withdrawal of candidature may be delivered either by a candidate or by any of his proposers or by his election agent who has been authorized in writing by the candidate to deliver it to either the returning officer or to M Ramani Devi, assistant returning officer before 3 pm on January 31, 2014.

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IMPHAL, January 21: The Coordination Committee (CorCom) in alliance with Hynnewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO), National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has today communicated in a press statement that the Republic Day of India which is celebrated on January 26 every year will be boycotted this year also as usual.

The statement mentioned that the celebration of the Republic Day of India is the day the Indian Constitution is imposed on the people of Western South East Asia (WSEA) so as to legalize their colonial occupation of the region adding that the Indian colonial regime which is trying to suppress the legitimate right of the people and the right to national self-determination.

And for the past 64 years since the imposition of India constitution, it has plotted to undermine the basic unity of the region by fragmenting the region on ethnic lines as part of their colonial policy of “divide and rule”, it said.

It is further continued that the Indian military campaign to suppress legitimate liberation struggles can never succeed and that the fight will continue to the last to regain our legitimate sovereignty and independence, it said and added that all these years, the people of our region, struggling for freedom and independence, have been boycotting India’s Republic Day with observing general strike every year on January 26 as a symbolic rejection of India’s Constitution.

This year also the boycott will be observed in the entire region and the general strike begins from 1:00 am till 5:00 pm adding that the general strike shall cover all forms of transportation, movement of all kinds of vehicles, all forms of entertainment including cinema and theatre shows and all activities of trade and commerce, it said in the statement.

However, the media, medical services and religious ceremonies shall be kept outside the purview of the General Strike. The CorCom press statement further called upon all the freedom loving peoples as well as patriotic organizations of the region to support and observe the General Strike.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/01/corcom-boycotts-republic-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corcom-boycotts-republic-day