NESO condemns bomb blast in Imphal

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 26, 2024

The North East Students’ Organization (NESO) has strongly condemned the bomb blast which took place on February 23, inside the campus of the AII Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) located at DM University Campus, Thangmeiband, Imphal, resulting to the loss of one precious life of a student Oinam Kenejy, a student of DM College and serious injury to another student Salam Michael who is also a student of DM College. 

In a statement, chairman of the ogarnisation Samuel Jyrwa said the NESO is also expressing its serious concern by the series of the events unfolding in which the office of a prominent social organisation like the UCM was burned down including the Macha Leima School, the vandalising of other social organisations ofices, ransacking and vandalising of the residence of  Sinam Prakash, the Advisor of NESO. 

He said as a premier Students Organisation, AMSU has always maintained a non-political identity and has never condoned violence in any form.

“At this critical juncture, it is very important for the general public to guide and to ensure that AMSU continue to remain a non-political organisation committed to a non-violence method of movement. 

These events have created confusion and fear psychosis in the minds of the students and general public,” Jyrwa said.

He said NESO, calls for calm and sense to prevail so that normalcy can be restored and at the same time, strongly urged upon the Government to deal with the situation with all the seriousness it deserves, to maintain law and order and to bring the perpetrators to book. 

“Moreover, the Government should continue with the ongoing peace process and at the same time to take initiatives to have dialogue with all the other Armed Groups for a political solution which is acceptable to all for the protection and uplift of the indigenous people of Manipur which will result to a lasting peace,” the NESO chairman said.

Last year, NESO has initiated a peace mission during the violence in Manipur, as such, it will continue with this peace mission and it believes all the concerned

 stakeholders to take cognisance and support the initiative for peace in Manipur.