Home Guards meeting turns ugly with group clash

From Our Correspondent

THOUBAL | Nov 11

A meeting organised today by Manipur Home Guards Adhoc Sub Committee at the meeting hall of MMRC Unity Park at Khangabok, Thoubal district for reforming the Home Guards Organisation was disrupted by another group of home guards who tried to stop the meeting from being carried out.   

Severe altercations took place resulting in clashes between the two groups. A team of Thoubal police arrived and tried to take control of the situation. The altercations went on continuously for two hours until the people from MMRC and Unity park, seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, declared that they will not allow the meeting. Afterwards the situation was restored back to normalcy.

It may be mentioned that All Manipur Home Guards Employees Welfare Association is currently taking up several agitations regarding their demands against the government.

Regarding the incident, vice president, AMHGEWA said there is no such an organisation called Manipur Home Guard Adhoc – Commitee and today’s meeting came at the wrong time. The incident came as a result of being influenced by few others in order to divide the home guards. Written letters that prohibited the meeting were forwarded before to the organisers, he said.

A member of those who organised today’s meeting expressed that a meeting of All Manipur Home Guards Employees Association was held in September 2015, where the workers of the organisation who would hold their designations for the term of two years were appointed.

However, even after the completion of their terms, they are still holding their positions, and taking cases and agitations the government without bringing any positive results, he alleged. The employees have not received their salaries since the month of July, the post which are supposed to recalled for every three years have not been recalled, he said adding the meeting was organised so that these issues may be resolved by forming a new organisation.