UCM offers Langban Heisoi to 18 martyrs

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Sept 20

Langban Heisoi (Tarpan) were offered today to the 18 martyrs who had made supreme sacrifice during the June 2001 people’s movement to protect the territorial integrity of the state by the United Committee Manipur (UCM) at Kekrupat memorial complex.

Speaking to media persons, UCM president, Johnson Elangbam said that the indigenous people of the state is at a crucial juncture as the number of non-local is increasing day by day.

Electing a non-local as MLA in the Jiribam district clearly shows that the state is being slowly taken over by the non-local, he added.

Johnson continued that in order to safeguard the indigenous people of the state many civil bodies and student bodies have taken up many forms of agitation and steps.

But a civil body “All Jiribam Linguistic Minority Organisation” standing against the action taken up by civil bodies to safeguard the indigenous people of the state is very unfortunate, said Johnson.

He asked the political leaders of the state to give pressure to the central government to amend the article 371 (C) and  to give special provision to safeguard the indigenous people of the state before it is too late.

The president claimed that steps taken up to safe the indigenous people of the state by civil organisation cannot be termed as “anti-nation” by non-locals.