CHANDEL, September 21: The Committee on Protection of Tribal Rights (CoPoTR), Chandel district has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up immediate and necessary action for making ADC Chandel functioning from its headquarter office at Monsang Pantha.
Submitting a memorandum in this regard, CoPoTR said, ADC Chandel functioning from Imphal instead of district headquarters has brought many inconveniences to the people; therefore, the ADC should function practically and theoretically from Chandel district headquarters.
The committee apprised the PM of its condemnation over the controversial so called re-election of ADC Chairman at ADC Bhavan Chingmeirong on September 14, saying ADC Chandel was meant for the people of Chandel but not for Imphal west district.
It also said that the people of Chandel fully exercised its franchise, electing their representatives who would make ADC function from headquarters for better development however; the State government under its evil policy snatched their opportunity to run the ADC from the State capital like the previous five years.
The memorandum informed the PM of series of democratic agitation including demand for separate independent administration of the tribal outside the Government of Manipur that would be initiated by the committee in case the Government of Manipur forcefully take up steps to make the ADC function from Imphal.
While expressing good faith on the authority of the PM, the committee urged the PM to address the grievances faced by the people of the district.
Meanwhile, the committee in a notification has appealed to all officers, staff of ADC Chandel to attend ADC office at Monsang Pantha regularly and carry out all office matters related to ADC Chandel within the district head quarter office.
The committee will tag ` Anti-Chandel`™ to any person or individual who violated the notification, the committee cautioned.