Recently several Government Meetei employees have urged the Election Commission and all relevant authorities to let them do election duty at Meetei villages given the situation in Manipur. It is reported that some Government employees who are Meeteis have been given election duty at Tamenglong and Noney. Actually speaking to the media at Manipur Press Club today, a staff teacher Nongmaithem Hemchandra said that it will be unsafe for the Meeteis to pass through Kuki villages and discharge election duty at Tamenglong and Noney. In fact he said that they have taken a resolution to not discharge election duty at Tamenglong and Noney.
Many places in Manipur are still unsafe to attend office and sending them to areas which otherwise have been seen as sensitive or pass through high risk areas for election duty would be problematic. Stating that the atmosphere in Manipur is not conducive for the Meeteis to take the road surface and go to Noney and Tamenglong, actually Hemchandra asked how they can pass through all the sensitive areas along Imphal-Tamenglong road amid the volatile situation in the State.
