AS Pahwa gives clarion call to restore normalcy
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, May 5 : ‘Native Manipuri’ Sikh Amrik Singh Pahwa has appealed to all communities residing in Manipur to take a collective stand to restore normalcy in the State.
Amrik Singh is former chairman of Bazar Board and he made the appeal while attending a ceremony held in honour of the former vice chairman of Shiv Sena, minority cell (State unit) Late Amarjeet Singh Manchanda at Dharamshala, here, today.
At the ceremony, Amrik Singh said that Amarjeet Singh Manchanda was a man of integrity.
Amrik Singh further said Amarjeet Singh Manchanda was a role model of communal harmony as he married a Tangkhul woman and spent considerable time of his life with Muslim people while his son married a Meitei woman. He offered his condolences to the bereaved family.
On Manipur violence, the Manipuri Sikh said that he feels downhearted on seeing the crisis dragging on for over a year with so many people killed and thousands of families displaced.
He made a fervent appeal to all the communities residing in Manipur to work together to end the violence and restore peace in the State.
Saying that many people belonging to the two warring communities live, eat and and work together outside Manipur and there is no enmity between them, he wondered if the violence in Manipur is politically motivated.
People of Manipur have gone through a lot so please stop the violence, Amrik Singh cried out and added that the gun culture seen in Manipur is not seen anywhere else.
Why is the Government not stopping the violence, he asked and contended that the Government can end the violence in a week if they want to. Shiv Sena State unit president M Tombi also attended the programme. He said that violence in Manipur has crossed the one year mark but no one can say with absolute certainty when the State will return to normalcy.
Saying that the violence broke out in Manipur due to armed aggression by Kuki militant groups under SoO pact, M Tombi urged the Government not to crackdown on village volunteers who take up arms to defend civilians and their properties.
IMPHAL, May 5 : ‘Native Manipuri’ Sikh Amrik Singh Pahwa has appealed to all communities residing in Manipur to take a collective stand to restore normalcy in the State.
Amrik Singh is former chairman of Bazar Board and he made the appeal while attending a ceremony held in honour of the former vice chairman of Shiv Sena, minority cell (State unit) Late Amarjeet Singh Manchanda at Dharamshala, here, today.
At the ceremony, Amrik Singh said that Amarjeet Singh Manchanda was a man of integrity.
Amrik Singh further said Amarjeet Singh Manchanda was a role model of communal harmony as he married a Tangkhul woman and spent considerable time of his life with Muslim people while his son married a Meitei woman. He offered his condolences to the bereaved family.
On Manipur violence, the Manipuri Sikh said that he feels downhearted on seeing the crisis dragging on for over a year with so many people killed and thousands of families displaced.
He made a fervent appeal to all the communities residing in Manipur to work together to end the violence and restore peace in the State.
Saying that many people belonging to the two warring communities live, eat and and work together outside Manipur and there is no enmity between them, he wondered if the violence in Manipur is politically motivated.
People of Manipur have gone through a lot so please stop the violence, Amrik Singh cried out and added that the gun culture seen in Manipur is not seen anywhere else.
Why is the Government not stopping the violence, he asked and contended that the Government can end the violence in a week if they want to. Shiv Sena State unit president M Tombi also attended the programme. He said that violence in Manipur has crossed the one year mark but no one can say with absolute certainty when the State will return to normalcy.
Saying that the violence broke out in Manipur due to armed aggression by Kuki militant groups under SoO pact, M Tombi urged the Government not to crackdown on village volunteers who take up arms to defend civilians and their properties.