Imphal, Aug 9: According to report supporters and women activists as well as member of Sharmila Kanba Lup is expecting to meet the Iron Lady to discuss on her new strategy. Agency report however said that her 84-year-old mother Shakhi Devi is not likely to meet her.
“She will not go there to meet her. She is waiting for the moment of her victory which will come only when AFSPA is repealed,” Singhajit, was quoted as saying.
The family and her supporters, who have not been able to meet her since July 26 when she announced her decision to end her fast and enter politics to ensure that AFSPA is repealed through political means, have no idea where she is going to stay from now on.
Local activist Kshetrimayum Onil, who has been associated with Sharmila for a long time, said they tried many times but failed to meet her to discuss the future strategy on AFSPA.
Her brother also said he is waiting to meet Sharmila today to discuss future strategies.
Doctors attending Sharmila said that she might have to be kept on a liquid diet for the next few days as her body might not be able to digest solid food all of a sudden.
“Her condition is okay as she has been getting all nutrients. She can walk also,” Dr Laishram Deben, director of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, told PTI.
Sharmila’s struggle has been the nucleus of all protests against AFSPA in Manipur and the neighbouring North-Eastern states.
