Spokesperson of Coalition for Indigenous Rights Campaign Manipur (CIRCA), Ningthouja Lancha said, “now is the crucial time to analyze whether the terms and agreements inked in the Merger Agreement of Manipur with the then India Government of 1949 is actually in run or not”.
While speaking at the One Day Interaction and lecture Program on “Challenges and Prospects of Merger Agreement” at Modern College, here, Lancha questioned on Why Manipur is deprived from the Centre’s attention day by day despite of moving towards development.
He further said that, by ignoring the points of agreements signed during the Merger agreement the Indian govt. is not respecting the human rights of the people of Manipur.
Dr. Naorem Joykumar, retd. Professor also spoke as resource person in the interaction program organized by The Modern College Student’s Union. While Dr. H. Indrakumar moderated the program and Dr. K. Biren, Principal of the college presided as president in the discussion program.
It may be mentioned that, many researchers and activists of Manipur claimed that the then Maharaja of Manipur, Bodhachandra was forced to signed the agreement paper by the then Governor General of India.