Newmai News Network Senapati | July 5 Several organisations have come out strongly against the indefinite Manipur state wide bandh call by the Thadou Student’s Association-General Headquarters (TSA-GHQ), Rongmei Naga Student’s Organisation (RNSO) and Liangmai Naga Katimai Ruangdi (LNKR). The three student organizations had announced to impose an indefinite Manipur bandh from Friday, July 6, alleging that the government had not implemented its promise of recruiting tribal language (MIL) lecturers at the higher secondary schools in the State. Coming out strongly against the plan of the three student bodies, the United Naga Council (UNC) informed Newmai News Network tonight that a bandh of such magnitude i.e. indefinite bandh affecting all the “Naga areas” under the UNC jurisdiction cannot be imposed by anyone without consulting the concerned authorities. The UNC further said that “Naga areas are not the play-fields for Tom, Dick and Harry to toy around at will”. Meanwhile, the All Tribal Student’s Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has appealed Thadou Students’ Association, General Headquarters (TSA-GHQ), Rongmei Naga Students’ Organisation and Liangmai Naga Katimai Ruangdi (LNKR) to call off the proposed indefinite state-wide bandh scheduled to begin from July 6, “as the apex tribal student body ATSUM is consistently pursuing the issue of recruitment of MIL lecturers in higher secondary schools under ATSUM’s Charter of Demands and is also at the verge of implementation”. In a statement, the ATSUM said that, at the first place when TSA-GHQ initiated and mobilized amongst some tribal based student organisations on the issue of the recruitment of MIL lecturers in higher secondary schools, it (ATSUM) had officially written a letter requesting them to instead join hands with apex tribal student body as the demand for recruitment of MIL lecturers has already been put-up and pursued under ATSUM Charter of Demand. The Kuki Student Organisation (KSO), Imphal Branch has also strongly opposed to the indefinite statewide bandh. “The bandh is also an indirect affront towards KSO Imphal Branch which is organising its annual felicitation programme on July 6,” the Kuki student body said. “The issues of recruitment of tribal language (MIL) lecturers and the precarious situations in Manipur University are matters which are in the capable hands of the apex tribal student body, ATSUM. The issues concern not only some tribes alone but all the tribes in the state. Therefore, the TSA, LNKR and RNSO are advised to support ATSUM on these issues rather than going independently by doing cheap publicity stunt of calling an indefinite statewide bandh which is beyond their ambit of power and influence,” the Kuki student body advised the three student bodies who have announced to call the indefinite Manipur bandh. Also strongly opposing the indefinite bandh call, the Senapati District Student Association (SDSA) said that it will not allow any “unjustified bandh in Senapati district”. “Driving recruitment of tribal language (MIL) lecturers at higher secondary schools should be the collective effort, and moreover, the apex tribal student body ATSUM is the right organisation to take up the matter,” asserted the SDSA. The Senapati student body further said that it was not wise to call such bandh without consulting apex student bodies like ATSUM, KSO-GHQ and ANSAM.