IT News
Imphal, Jan 21,
The proposed 24 hours general strike called by the Scheduled Tribes demand Committee of the Meitei/Meetei has been postponed following talk with the Chief Minister of Manipur which assured to hold an official meeting on Jan 30 at 4 pm. The Committee had resolved to call the 24 hour general strike from the midnight of January 21 after a public convention held at GM hall on Jan 13. Poster campaign demanding ST Status for the Meitei/Meetei had already began and till yesterday the committee stands with the resolution adopted on the day even after meeting with the Chief Minister. A meeting of the executive committee after receiving an official invitation from the office of the Chief Minister to sort the matter had today announced that the general strike has been postponed. But the committee said that they will not make any U-turn to the demand and if the government fails to fulfill the demand then more intense form of agitation may proceed.