IMPHAL, July 12: The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) has today announced a 14-hour state-wide general strike from 5 am on July 14.
Announcing the general strike in a press release, the committee which is spearheading the collective demand for implementation of ILPS in the state said religious processions, electricity, water supply and media will be exempted from the purview of the strike.
The release maintained that the ongoing collective agitation demanding implementation of ILPS in the state is to safeguard the indigenous people and future generation from the incessant influx of outsiders into the state.
Endorsing the firm stand of the JAC Against the Brutal Killing of Sapam Robinhood to not accept the dead body of the student who was killed in police action while taking part in a protest demanding ILPS implementation, it cautioned that the curfew on non-locals may further continue in case the government fails to convene Assembly session to pass a fresh bill within a stipulated time.
It will be better for the government to act swiftly on core issues including ILP pertaining to the state and not wait wrath of the public, it said.
The committee, in the release appealed to the people to continue with different forms of democratic agitation like torch rally and sit-in-protest till a fresh bill in place of MRVT & MW Bill, 2015 to safeguard the indigenous people is passed by the government.