IMPHAL, October 10: The Manipur People`™s Party has blamed State intelligence failure and negligence on the part of the State forces for yesterday`™s powerful blast in the heart of the city which killed a police commando and injured many other civilians.
Speaking to media persons at the party office, MPP president Nongmeikapam Sovakiran said the State government has failed to take any precautionary and anticipatory measures on security.
It is unfortunate that the blast took place at a place where prohibitory orders under Sec 144 CrPC was still imposed, he lamented.
This clearly indicates the failure of the State security arrangement, he continued.
He said yesterday`™s incident is not the first and it will not be the last.
The State police have always failed to apprehend any person involved in a bomb blast in the State, he continued.
He said the party shares the sorrow and pain of the bereaved family of the police constable killed and the others injured in the blast.
Sovakiran also said the party congratulate boxer Mary Kom on her winning the Asian Games gold medal.
However, such happy times as her winning the gold medal has been mired by the controversial decision of the jury in Laishram Sarita`™s bout, he continued.
Although Laishram Sarita had lost her semi-final bout against Jina Park of the host nation due to a dubious decision of the juries, she has won millions of hearts, he said.
She deserved to be congratulated at a par with the gold medal winners, he said and urged both the State and the Central governments to treat her like the gold medal winners during felicitation functions.
He further decried the Indian Olympic Association of neglecting its duties during Sarita`™s ordeal.
Stating that the manner the issue has been handled would have been quite different if the boxer had been from some other State. He said the three MPs from the State have failed to apprise the government of the issue.
He also charged of corruption in sports, which can be seen during provision of admission under reservation.