IMPHAL August 17: Reacting to claims of the Democratic Students Alliance Manipur that two of its members were assaulted by volunteers of the JCILPS students`™ wing, the latter has clarified that DESAM`™s position in such a crucial juncture of the peoples`™ movement is unfortunate.
Speaking to media persons at the AMSU office this afternoon, Oinam Nandababu convenor of the JCILPS students`™ wing said DESAM`™s position could mislead the people at such a crucial juncture.
He said the JCILPS SW has been appealing to all not to spread any rumour regarding the present movement for ILPS including in the media or social networking sites.
Going against the appeal, a DESAM volunteer had made certain remarks on a social networking site on the present movement which could mislead the public, he said.
Considering the harm the remarks could do to the movement, the JCILPS SW wrote to DESAM on August 11 and then convened a joint meeting, he said.
During the meeting, he said, the DESAM president assured to bring the volunteer responsible for the remarks within three days time. However, DESAM failed to bring out the volunteer for dialogue, so volunteers of the JCILPS SW went to DESAM office in search of the volunteer, he added.
They entered into a minor scuffle with the DESAM volunteers and later brought two DESAM volunteers along with them so as to find the culprit, he claimed.
On the alleged physical assault of DESAM volunteers, he said `We took them so that they could help us find the culprit who made the demeaning remarks.`
Now, the DESAM president`™s tenure has already ended, he said.
He further claimed that instead of encouraging the students on fast, the DESAM volunteer made mocking comments on them.
He further said that the no group would be allowed to derail the ongoing movement for implementing the ILPS in the State.