Newmai News Network
Imphal | April 10
Imphal | April 10
Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has asserted today that though the State Government is not a party in the peace talks between the NSCN (IM) and the Centre, his government will not remain an onlooker to the “violence and crime perpetrated by NSCN (IM) cadres.”
O Ibobi Singh was speaking to a section of the media after having called on Manipur Legislative Assembly deputy speaker MK Preshaw Shimray in the latter’s official quarter here Thursday morning.
MK Preshaw Shimray escaped an assassination bid on his life suspected to have been triggered by hill based armed cadres at around 3:10pm in Ukhrul district on Wednesday.
Ibobi Singh, along with Tamenglong MLA Janghemlung Panmei and Heingang Assembly Constituency MLA N Biren, visited the deputy speaker this morning.
Following this meeting, the chief minister said his government will not remain mute on the violence and crime activities “carried out by the NSCN (IM) cadres in Manipur.” The chief minister, however, did not directly blame NSCN (IM) cadres for the attack on the deputy speaker on Wednesday.
Condemning the incident, O Ibobi Singh termed the attack as not only an attempt on the life of Shimray but also on the democratic principle of the country.
“In a democratic country there is no place for violence. Violence will only increase the miseries of the people,” the chief minister stated.
Ibobi Singh then challenged, “The outcome of the Lok Sabha election will prove the futility of gun-culture in a democratic society.”
