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From: "CHROkeralam" <chro1@rediffmail.com> Date: Thu Sep 30, 2004 Apunba Lup justifies banning Hindi, NCC IMPHAL, Sep 29 : Justifying the ban imposed on the teaching and learning of Hindi and activities of the NCC, the Working Committee of the Apunba Lup today said that launching an agitation against the law of the land is part and parcel of any protest movement. Toughening its stand, the Lup in a statement said that there will be no compromise on its stand and added that the ban will go on indefinitely. Dismissing the argument that not learning Hindi will deprive the students of their prospect to get employment, the statement said that even today thousands of Hindi speaking people are pouring in from other places to Manipur to seek employment. Does this in any way indicate that Hindi is the ticket to get employment, it countered. Even South India had boycotted Hindi in the past but this does not mean that the South Indians have been denied their right to get employment, said the Lup and added that the All Assam Students' Union had also boycotted Hindi on numerous occasions. The NCC too is a training ground which forms part and parcel of the Indian army training, said the statement. The State Government and the Chief Minister have been harping on the need to launch democratic protests, said the Lup and questioned what democratic movements they are referring to. Even peaceful sit-in-protests, rallies etc have been dispersed through use of brute force, said the Lup and added that the concept of democratic protests does not hold true for the State Government. Nelson Mandela launched his movement against the laws of the then apartheid South Africa and so is Aung San Suu Kyii of Myanmar, recalled the Lup and added that the struggles of these people are against the laws of their land. Even Mahatma Gandhi, who has been named as the Father of the Indian Nation launched his movement against the British laws. The present movement is also against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, said the Lup and called upon the people to understand the ban on Hindi and NCC against this backdrop. http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/News_pages/Local_page-05.html Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) |
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