At least six members of the Manipur Youth Congress today banged the gates of the chief minister’s bungalow in Imphal to symbolically “wake the CM up” and demanded the immediate release of civilians held hostage by militants.
Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh, however, was not inside the complex, which also houses the CM secretariat, when the incident happened.
The Youth Congress members banged the gates of the complex and raised slogans like “wake up, sleeping CM” and “we condemn killing of civilians, down down BJP”.
Police have detained several protesters, including Youth Congress President W. Anand, after demonstrators tried to advance towards the Secretariat and knocked on its gates, saying it was “high time to wake up the government.”
The protesters accused the BJP-led government of failing to protect civilians even after three years of violence, demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister and Union Home Minister on “moral grounds.”
Manipur Youth Congress members protest outside CM’s residence
