Imphal, Nov. 4: Maoist Communist Party, Manipur has stated that the general strike called on Novemebr 5, from 5 am to 5 pm is against the CAF & PD Minister and Underground groups who are involved in the looting of the PDS items.
The statement further said that the general strike called against underground by an underground group is perhaps the first of its kind in the history of Manipur; however it is a step to clean the wrong in the struggle for freedom. It stated that even as the leaders of the underground group has been appealing the people to forgive if any wrongs are committed, but till today nothing has been changed. The Maoist said that they don’t have any fear to stand against the looters of the poor. It said that till today the chronic disease of nexus between Minister and UGs has not been cured. It said that Maoist too committed mistakes but the party corrected the mistakes and did not commit the mistake again.
The statement further said that in a month the state gets 120327 Metric ton of rice for distribution to the public. The statement of the state government which stated that these rice are made available to the people through PDS is nothing but a daylight robbery.
If this rice is distributed every month to the people then there will be no poor who does not have meal in a day, the Maoist statement said. It further added the share of the people has been hijacked by the nominee of the Ministers and the underground bodies for a long time. The Maoist statement also blame the opposition party saying that they never take interest in the movement for protection of the indigenous people or for protection of the territorial boundary or against the rise of price of essential commodities. It said that the Maoist will extend support to all movement for the rights of the common people.