Siamchinthang Tangpua
Lamka, Sept. 30: The Coordinating Committee, All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) today declared that the Manipur Legislative Assembly has committed a grave constitutional blunder intentionally while introducing and passing of the three bills as it does not follow the mandatory rules of procedures and conduct of Business under section 4 clause 1and 2 which read as (i) all schedule matters is so far as they related to the Hill areas shall be with the purview of HAC. Protection of Manipur People Bill is a monetary bill untenable as per law and absolutely misleading to the people because Money Bill relates to imposition of taxes and expenditures likely to involve transaction affecting the consolidated fund of the union or state. According o the information and publicity wing, coordinating committee, ATSUM, the spirit of the bill has its social security objectives, hence the bill fails to fulfill the criteria of a money bill. The protection of Manipur people bill-2015 contained highly objectionable clauses which are clinically designed to deprive of the tribal rights and traditional lands. Section 2 of the bill reads – “It shall extend to the whole of Manipur” means the entire geographical area including of Hill areas, it said. The Coordinating Committee, ATSUM said that in Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms 7th Amendment Bill 2015 the notwithstanding clause in a statute makes the provision independent of other provisions contained in the law, even if the other provisions contained in the law, even if the other provision provide to the country. It further added that under section 158 was not there in the Principal Act 1960.
