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IMPHAL, Aug 18 : Barely three days after college students submitted a memorandum to the Governor for intervening into the disturbed academic atmosphere due to the prevailing situation, yet All Students’ of the Colleges and Higher Secondaries of Manipur submitted a similar memorandum to the Governor today.

A group of students from GP Women College, Imphal College, Modern College, DM College of Commerce, TG. Higher Secondary School, CC Higher Secondary School and Ram Lal Paul Higher Secondary School, today storm the Governors’ Bungalow to submit memorandum to the Governor however they were later cornered to nearby area and later three representatives of the students were allow to enter the Bungalow for submitting the memorandum.

While speaking to media persons after successfully submitting the memorandum to the Governor, the representatives disclosed that they apprised the Governor to intervene into the disturbed situation of the academic atmosphere of the state due to curfew and continuous imposition of general strike and bands etc. Following which the Governor responded that he was helpless about the bandh and strikes as it was imposed by various civil society organization however assured that he would look into the matter related to the Government like the curfew and other restriction which was causing hindrance in the academic atmosphere to ensure free zone in the atmosphere, said the representatives.

The representatives further revealed that the Governor also assured to take steps in the interest of the students community as education was among the priority list of the Government.

The students body urged the concerned authority who are calling the 36 hour strike from August 18 to 19 August, to relaxed academic atmosphere from the purview of the strike, considering the hardship faced by the students community and also urged to relaxed the later in any of such agitation. In the meantime some students were hurt during the police action however the students admitted that it was there fault as the storm towards the Governors’ bungalow without any prior information.

In the memorandum the students stated that since the incident of deliberate police firing and fake encounter killing on July 23rd which had resulted to the death of an innocent pregnant women and a young citizen and injury to five others with continuous public discontent over trampling over the rule of law by the state authorities, the people of Manipur had been agitating over the issue of Justice to the state in this connection we students’ thereof request you to kindly use your most conscientious to effect the restoration of normalcy and bringing in of justice to the people.