Rally demands

CHANDEL, Oct 20: A joint public rally was organised by different Anal CSOs in Chandel district HQ today condemning the arrest of Romeo Bungdon Anal (54) by the police on the charge that he is a special agent of NSCN-IM.
The rally organised jointly by Anal Naga Tangpi (ANTA), Anal Lenruwl Tangpo (ALT), Anallon Chiefs Association (ALCA), Anal Sinnu Ruwl (ASR) and Joint Action Committee for early release of Bungdon Romeo Anal also submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through Chandel DC.
The rally started from Panchai village and went up to the SDO office where representatives of the CSOs were allowed to submit their memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner.
The memorandum signed by representatives of ANTA, ALT and ALCA said Romeo Bungdon Anal is the president of All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) who is partially paralysed follwing a BP stroke in 2019. The memorandum alleged that the police had wrongly accused Romeo Bungdon Anal as a member of NSCN (IM), which is very unfortunate.
Meanwhile the All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) has also condemned the arrest Romeo Bungdon Anal on October 16 by Manipur Police and demanded his immediate release.
In a statement issued today, AMTU said the police had arrested Romeo Bungdon on charge that he was a cadre of NSCN (IM) but the outfit had clarified on October 18 that Romeo Bungdon is not a member of the the outfit and had stated that the case against him was unfounded.
AMTU said Romeo Bungdon is a selfless social leader loved by all and he is one of the most dynamic and intellectual tribal leaders who has been working very hard for the welfare of the tribal people despite his critical health condition.
The Union alleged that there is no sign of a healthy democracy under Chief Minister N Biren Singh's governance in the State and urged the Chief Minister to take up strong measures to ensure that the values of democracy are not compromised.