IMPHAL, Mar 28: The independent candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Valley Rose Hungyo today filed her nomination for fighting the Outer Manipur seat, while seeking the votes of the people of Manipur and promising to fulfill their expectations.Speaking to media persons, Valley Rose maintained that successive governments had failed miserably to govern on all fronts during the last few decades and had not safeguarded the lives and properties of the citizens. The social fabric had been fragmented to pieces and the seeds of hatred sown deeply among different groups of people, she said. The weak and the poor have been discriminated and further marginalised with the gap between the rich and the poor widening, she said adding that the land has been ruled by lawlessness and rights violation is the least concern for any group perpetrating it.She further promised that if she gets elected with the love and support of the people she would work for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) and would also promote social harmony among all communities living in Manipur to ensure peaceful co-existence in the region. She also called for a good relationship with all the neighbouring states and checking of illegal migration in the north-eastern states, specially Manipur. No voting and contesting rights should be given to illegal migrants, she maintained.The citizens of 7 A/c in Thoubal district and Jiribam A/c who are now in No-II Outer Parliamentary constituency can only vote but not contest, which is deprivation of their democratic rights, she observed while asking for arrangements made for them to exercise their franchise equally as other citizens of the country. She also called for separate tribal/hill land laws based on the traditional system of land management.She further said that any work for development programmes including dams, and whatever works the government decides to take up should be done only with the prior consent of the people and implementation of all welfare and development programmes should be as per the needs of the people.Valley Rose Hungyo was born at Jawai village in Senapati district and will contest in the 15th Lok Sabha elections 2009 from the No. II Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary constituency as an independent candidate. (IFP)
IMPHAL, May 30: The KYKL and the UNLF, in a joint communique to the press condemned the bomb explosion at the RIMS within the office complex of the institute`s director, Dr. Fimate, calling it an act of terrorism calculated to tarnish the image of the revolutionary movement in the state.The joint statement said, intimidating the sick and ailing is an unforgivable act of inhumanity, adding that under humanitarian norms hospitals are spared even during the most bitter wars.The two underground organisations said the pattern of these assaults by the KCP(MC) should have made it clear to everybody by now that the KCP(MC) is the masked proxy of the Indian forces with an agenda to alienate the revolutionary campaign waged by revolutionary organisations from the people.It however said this campaign by the "Indian Occupational Forces" would boomerang on it sooner than later.Explaining further, the two outlawed groups said the KCP(MC) is now holed up within the IG (AR) South headquarte...
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