Students' body shuts down Imphal

  • | Monday | 27th March, 2017

The Desam, which describes Ashab as a non-local, said he should be stripped of the post.Business establishments in Imphal and its neighbouring areas were closed. IMPHAL: Life came to a halt in Imphal on Sunday owing to a bandh called by the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (Desam) in protest against the induction of Independent MLA Ashab Uddin as parliamentary secretary.Ashab won from the Jiribam constituency bordering Assam and was given the minority and commerce and industries portfolios. A large number of state and central forces kept vigil in various areas of the capital.Meanwhile, the Manipur Muslim Welfare Association , which had threatened to impose a bandh on Sunday, called off its stir. Interstate and local transport vehicles were off the roads.

IMPHAL: Life came to a halt in Imphal on Sunday owing to a bandh called by the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (Desam) in protest against the induction of Independent MLA Ashab Uddin as parliamentary secretary.Ashab won from the Jiribam constituency bordering Assam and was given the minority and commerce and industries portfolios. The Desam, which describes Ashab as a non-local, said he should be stripped of the post.Business establishments in Imphal and its neighbouring areas were closed. Interstate and local transport vehicles were off the roads. A large number of state and central forces kept vigil in various areas of the capital.Meanwhile, the Manipur Muslim Welfare Association , which had threatened to impose a bandh on Sunday, called off its stir.

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