On 22nd January, a local court in Imphal ordered the release of Irom Sharmila by regarding the charge of "attempt to suicide" as baseless. However, Irom Sharmila has been re-arrested again and has been booked under the same charge of "attempt to suicide" under 309 IPC.
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), a nation-wide campaign in support of Irom Sharmila and againstAFSPA, condemns the re-arrest. SSSC considers this re-arrest of Irom Sharmila as a mockery of judiciary by the state. While the judiciary had released her by quashing the charges of "attempt to suicide", the state has re-arrested her on the same grounds.
SSSC believes that it is a failure of state to resolve the issue of AFSPA and it is making Sharmila, a victim of state. At this time when few days ago, even the government said that it is considering the decriminalization of the 309 IPC, it seems that the state functionaries are trying to get the benefit till the time the government decriminalises it.
SSSC appeals with Govt of India to intervene in the issue and to order immediate release of Sharmila. It also appeals that immediate steps should be taken to repeal AFSPA, the cause for which Irom Sharmila is protesting.
AFSPA must be removed in view of large scale human rights violations. Even the state leadership of present ruling party in Central govt had favored in repealing of this act. The state unit of BJP had promised the repeal of AFSPA during the elections.
SSSC has organised and is continuing its efforts to highlight the issue and struggle of people in AFSPA imposed areas. SSSC has also sent letters and delegations to various authorities and appealed them to repeal this act, however SSSC is determined to initiative a major movement in coming days to protest against this act.
PermalinkSubmitted by agnes kharshiing on Mon, 26/01/2015 - 11:41
This is outrageous and illegal. She has every right to protest especially against a draconian act which allows armed forces to illegally carry on many illegal activities from within these areas without having to be accountable.It is a known fact that the lapses and corruption in the armed forces leads to much rise in security threat to the State and the nation. Many arms and drugs smugglers pay the army personnel and get through easily. the Secret funds in name of fighting terrorism is all in name when they (armed forces) know who is behind all the terror being bred and funded. Common man cannot fund and protect terrorism. It is the high and the mighty .. We the Civil Society Women Organization(CSWO) Meghalaya, demand that the AFSPA be repealed and flush out the corrupt in the armed forces and clean the mess as the people should not be made scapegoats, unless the whole Indian Army fears one Iron Lady.
There seems to be hardly any possibility of pact between AGP and BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.State BJP leadership have categorically denied any move for an alliance with AGP after they discussed it in a crucial meeting in Tezpur.State BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that the party would go it alone in the general elections. The meeting was attended by senior leader SS Ahluwaliah along with Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajen Gohain, Bijoya Chakravartty.Hours before it AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that the party was prepared to fight it alone in the general elections.
KMSS president Akhil Gogoi threatens to occupy more plots of lands and other properties belonging to Suresh Prithani, Koilash Lohia and Ramavtar Agarwalla after January 26. “Before that they must hand over their plots to the farmers they procured for industrial purpose,” said Gogoi.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, Gogoi dared Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to take action against these businessmen in question. The KMSS leader made it plain and simple that he and his organization are ready to face any eventuality for it. He further said that he won’t apply for anticipatory bail in connection with the FIR filed against him in Khetri polic station.
Asom Gana Parishad is well prepared to go it alone in the Lok Sabha polls. Party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta told reporters in Guwahati on Saturday that BJP has yet to formally approach them for any alliance for the upcoming polls. He, however, said that AGP is interested to forge any alliance with regional parties only.His statement assumes significance hours after state BJP held a crucial meeting in Tezpur to chalk out poll strategies where the move for poll pact with AGP figured.
Assam Congress will soon announce the candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in a day or two.Disclosing this chief minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters on Saturday that the ruling party has every strength to get two candidates elected in the polls slated for February 7. He further said that the third candidate is likely to be from the ruling party with the support of other party legislatures.
KMSS ups ante on Prithani, LohiaHundreds of KMSS activists staged dharna in front of the residence of Suresh Prithani and Koilash Lohia a day after a businessmen filed FIR against Akhil Gogoi and his organization KMSS alleging attempt to occupy their plots in Khetri. Details are awaited.
A brain storming session of senior BJP leaders and their AGP counterparts on Saturday is all set to clear the decks for an alliance between the two parties for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.To be attended by senior BJP leader SS Ahluwahuah along with BJP state president Sarbananda Sonowal and AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the meeting is scheduled to take place at the Tezpur Tourist Lodge.The meeting is set to hold three days after the regional party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta called on the top BJP leaders in New Delhi seeking poll alliance to defeat Congress.
Rhino poaching strikes again in Kaziranga. Poachers have killed a full grown female rhino on Friday night. This time poachers have struck at the Burapahar range of the national park.The carcass was found on Saturday morning. The horn is missing. Forest guards are spreading tentacles to nab the poachers inside the park. The strike took place hours after police nabbed three people in Bokajan on their way back from Dimpaur after selling rhino horn. A huge amount of Rs 23 lakhs were seized from their possession.
Police have identified the two youths a day after they died in the explosion in Umrangsu on their way to Guwahati with explosives inside their car on Friday.Police sources confirmed that the duo were Sahabuddin and Ainuddin. Sahabuddin was engaged in a coal mine in Meghalaya. Both they were believed to have carried explosives to Guwahati at the instance of ULFA-I in the run to the Republic Day celebration.
The much-hyped watertight security in the run up to the Republic Day futile when armed youths looted a huge amount of rupees at gunpoint from in Dispur on Friday.The incident took place in the evening in front of the state secretariat when two armed youths halted a car and looted Rs 5 lakh from a person on his way back to home after withdrawing the amount from Dispur SBI branch.Policemen on duty came to the spot. But by then the armed youths managed to escape.
A city based businessmen on Friday moved police against Akhil Gogoi and his organization a day after they forcibly occupied a huge plot of 35 bighas in Khetri alleging efforts to transfer of cultivable land to industrial purpose.Businessman Ramavtar Agarwallah on Friday FIR against Gogoi and KMSS with Khetri police station bearing No 12/ 14. He alleged that KMSS is trying to occupy his plot at any time hardly a week after he served ultimatum to leave their plots---transferred for industrial purpose.
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