IMPHAL, July 10: Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh is fully responsible for the death of the student agitator who died in police action, claimed BJP Manipur president Th Chaoba today.
He demanded why the Chief Minister had failed to disclose even before the Assembly that the Governor had not cleared the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015.
Speaking at a press conference held at the party office, Chaoba claimed Robinhood would not have been dead nor any agitation launched if the Chief Minister had disclose the fact.
BJP has been objecting the Bill and its title since it was being drafted as there was clause or provision to safeguard the State`™s land from being sold to the outsiders, he claimed
He reiterated the popular belief that the Bill is in total favour of the outsiders.
The Chief Minister has claimed in the House that all political parties had agreed to the Bill, which is totally wrong as after the final draft of the Bill was finalised, no copies of the Bill were circulated to the members of the All Political Parties committee on ILPS, he claimed.
The government had forcibly passed the Bill even though the Opposition MLAs asked for the drafted Bill to be sent to a selection committee for further discussion, Chaoba claimed further.
The House has been cheated and a student was killed, he said.
He continued that even though a student was killed when a police fired tear gas shell hit him on the chin, the Home minister continues to claim that there was no mistake on the part of the police.
Home minister Gaikhangam has lied and misled the House, he continued.
The JCILPS was scheduled to agitate and the police were aware of it, but no preparation to control the agitation peacefully was taken up, he continued.
He continued that there was also no order from the district administration to fire directly at the agitators.
He said the BJP will meet the Governor and seek extending the Assembly session for another couple of days so that the members could further discuss the issue of ILPS demand.
BJP will also consider a new Bill with police parties of the State excluding the Congress, he said.
Imposing curfew will not bring any solution, he further observed.
Ousted Thangmeiband MLA Kh Joykishan who joined the BJP recently also said during the last sitting of the Assembly session, he was the only MLA objecting to the Bill.
However, Okram Ibobi who considers the Opposition to be weak had forcibly passed the Bill in the House, he claimed.
A State BJP team led by its president Chaoba also met the Governor and submitted a memorandum apprising the Governor of the present situation in the State.
Following their return, the team said the Governor had noted the issue seriously and assured to call the Chief Minister and the deputy Chief Minister to discuss the matter.