Chief Minister to hold talks with ILP committee

IMPHAL, May 19: Chief Minister Ibobi Singh is reportedly set to meet with representatives of the ILP demand committees to hold  talks with them.

The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System and the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System of Students’ Unions have been demanding implementation of the Inner Line Permit in the state and had also announced that various forms of agitation will be launched incase the ILP system is not enforced in the state within May 31.

According to a source, an official of the secretariat of the Chief Minister at Bapupara informed Sapamcha Jadumani, president of Federation of Regional Indigenous Society (FREINDS) as well as the Convenor of Joint Committee on Inner-Line Permit System (JCILPS)  that the Chief Minister is keen to have a talk with the representatives of the committees.

The source further said that representatives of the committees will meet with the Chief Minister on May 20. Ministers and MLAs and officials attending the meeting on behalf of the state government will be led by the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh while representatives of the committee who will attend the meeting include the co-convenors of JCILPS, leaders of civil society organizations, Mutum Churamani, Kh Ratan, Joy Chinakham, Somendro Thockchomand and Haopu Kom etc.

Leaders of Joint Committee on ILP system of students union will also attend the meeting, the source said.

Mention may be made the two committees were set to launch severe agitations in association with the general public if the state government fails to enforce ILP within May 31. The agitations include ban on intrusion of Non-Manipuris into the state. It may be recalled that a resolution that ILP system should be enforced was adopted at the Manipur Legislative Assembly on July 13, 2012 and was forwarded to Ministry of Home Affairs, (MHA).