Newmai News Network Imphal | June 1 Non-locals in Imphal were forced to stay indoors as the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) imposed a 48-hour ‘curfew’ on non local community as the committee flustered over the Manipur government’s delay in implementing three ILP related bills. Police were deployed in large numbers in and around Kwairamband bazaar, including Thangal bazaar and Paona bazaar, the main commercial areas of the city in view of the stringent restriction. No shops were opened due to the stay-at-home restriction on Wednesday. Normal functioning of government offices was paralysed due to a separate curfew imposed by the committee intensifying ILP stir. All government establishments are expected to remain disrupted till June 3. The resort comes amidst preparations for polls to Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) tomorrow, Thursday. The polling will take place from 8 am till 4 pm across 27 wards. JCILPS says non-locals should not be allowed to take part in the election process. Women wing of JCILPS has also banned all types of vendition and doing labour job by non-locals. The restriction is likely to remain in force until ILP bills are converted into Acts. The women wing convenor Thongam Apabi said here yesterday it would also ban renting out room, house or apartment to non-locals until the demand was met. Sensing more trouble, the state government has declared holiday for all educational institutes in the valley. The committee’s student wing has been leading students in the campaign for implementation of ILP in Manipur. Many young protesters, mostly students, have been injured in police crackdown and many of them are now under detention. The intensified ILP stir continued unabated on Wednesday.
