IMPHAL, May 28 NNN : Calling the recent eviction drive carried out in Kabo Leikai, Naga River here by Manipur Government \u2018very destructive\u2019 the FATYCM Tuesday cautioned all the communities in the state that the Government might take up such steps anywhere.
\nFederation of All Tribal Youth Clubs, Manipur (FATYCM) alleged that Manipur Government used fraud and coercion to take the land of Kabo Leikai and insisted that the residents being valid pattadars have been living there for the last more than four decades paying regular taxes to the Government.
\nIt further condemned the recent statement of Chief Minister O Ibobi that the encroachers in Kabo locality were forced to vacate by a Government order for expansion and modernizatio of Imphal Hotel in the area.
\nIbobi had also claimed that the Kabo Leikai was \u2018khasland\u2019 and that the residents or encroachers there were not legitimate pattadars.
\nFATYCM added that the Government should have made proper arrangement prior to what the federation called as \u2018forced eviction\u2019 of Kabo residents.
\nThe federation, however, said it welcomes all kinds of development plans by the Government while suggesting it to take up plans such as construction of a 5-star hotel in areas like Mantripukhri where plenty of lands are found.
\n\u201cBut it may not be a right and thoughtful move to plan for construction of a luxurious hotel or modernisation of Hotel Imphal in the Kabo area,\u201d the federation added.
\nAny infrastructure development must be taken up in suitable areas and not in densely populated areas, it said, adding any Government policy must not be its own choice that disregards the sentiment of the public.
\nAccusing the state Government of being \u2018anti-religious\u2019 it also reiterated that three churches and one temple were demolished during the eviction drive in the Kabo Leikai. FATYCM asked whether the present Government in Manipur is people-friendly\u2019 or anti-people and termed the eviction policy of the Government as \u2018aggressive.\u2019<\/p>\n\n