IMPHAL, May 17 - Representatives of political parties in Manipur are busy drafting a memorandum calling upon their Central leaders to support the Presidential assent for three Bills that introduce a system to check influx of migrants into the northeastern State.
A committee, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, has finished drafting the memorandum, said an official here.
�It will be handed over to Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh who will table it in the next round of meeting of the political parties. A time frame cannot be announced now,� he said.
The three Bills - the Protection of Manipur People Bill 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill 2015, and the Manipur Shops and Establishment (Second Amendment) Bill 2015 - were passed last year by the State Assembly.
Earlier, a visit to New Delhi, proposed on Monday, of the representatives of political parties was put off indefinitely.
A politician of a local party said: �The deliberate delay on the part of the representatives is understandable. The leaders of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) have announced that the delegates must convince the Central leaders on the need to give assent to the Bills.�
He said the representatives would be welcome back only if they were successful, but would face the music if they returned empty-handed.
The JCILPS activists have been organising demonstrations, including blocking of roads, to demand immediate enactment of the Bills. �We will keep on agitating till assent is given,� Khomdram Ratan, the JCILPS convener, said.
On the other hand, there is a widening chasm between the Naga and the Kuki organisations over the 48-hour shutdown intended to send a grim message to the central leaders during the proposed talks on the pending Bills. � IANS
IMPHAL, May 17 - Representatives of political parties in Manipur are busy drafting a memorandum calling upon their Central leaders to support the Presidential assent for three Bills that introduce a system to check influx of migrants into the northeastern State.
A committee, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, has finished drafting the memorandum, said an official here.
�It will be handed over to Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh who will table it in the next round of meeting of the political parties. A time frame cannot be announced now,� he said.
The three Bills - the Protection of Manipur People Bill 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill 2015, and the Manipur Shops and Establishment (Second Amendment) Bill 2015 - were passed last year by the State Assembly.
Earlier, a visit to New Delhi, proposed on Monday, of the representatives of political parties was put off indefinitely.
A politician of a local party said: �The deliberate delay on the part of the representatives is understandable. The leaders of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) have announced that the delegates must convince the Central leaders on the need to give assent to the Bills.�
He said the representatives would be welcome back only if they were successful, but would face the music if they returned empty-handed.
The JCILPS activists have been organising demonstrations, including blocking of roads, to demand immediate enactment of the Bills. �We will keep on agitating till assent is given,� Khomdram Ratan, the JCILPS convener, said.
On the other hand, there is a widening chasm between the Naga and the Kuki organisations over the 48-hour shutdown intended to send a grim message to the central leaders during the proposed talks on the pending Bills. � IANS
