All Manipur Students’ Union observe ‘hunger marchers day’

[caption id="attachment_203474" align="aligncenter" width="565"] Leaders of the AMSU lead members during the ‘hunger marchers day’ procession in Imphal on Mon. Aug. 27.[/caption] Our Correspondent Imphal, Aug. 27 (EMN): The All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) observed the 53rd edition of Hunger Marchers Day on Monday reminiscing the Aug. 27, 1965 mass movement and protest against the artificial scarcity of food grains in the state. Family members of the student leaders who laid down their lives during the agitation, leaders of AMSU and students of educational institutions paid floral tributes to the memory of the four students- W Nilamani, O Nabakumar, L Chaobhal, and N Pramodini who lost their lives during the agitation against artificial scarcity of rice, at the students’ memorial complex at a small hillock known as Pishum Chingamacha near Imphal. After the floral tribute ceremony, a procession was organised from Pishum to DM College campus in Imphal. The procession which was participated by many students later converged at the AMSU headquarters located within the DM College campus here for a public meeting with AMSU president Manjit Sarangthem, former president A Dijen and former secretary general S Khongsai, former vice president H Rafif and others at the college auditorium. According to AMSU leaders, the historic day was observed in order to remember the day and also to remind that such incident of artificial scarcity of food grains should not be repeated in the state. On the other hand AMSU president Manjit Sarangthem urged the state government to sort out the burning issue of unavailability of fertiliser urea at subsidised rate (INR 267 per bag) for the needy farmers in the state. Presently a bag of urea is sold at INR 1000 in the market. Demanding proper investigation into the ongoing urea crisis, the student leader urged the state authority to take up necessary action against the concerned officials in the state. AMSU Jiribam district committee also observed the Hunger Marchers Day by holding a procession followed by a meeting, sources from the Jiribam town.