Women stage protest in Manipur

On the third day of the 60-hour bandh called since September 8 by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), women in Churachandpur town staged a sit-in-protest in different localities demanding withdrawal of three bills passed by the Manipur Assembly on August 31, a police official said today.
Women gathered in Churachandpur town staged protest demonstration and shouting slogans like "hand over the killers of nine brothers", "we demand separate administration for hill", "resign MLAs" etc, the official said.
There was no untoward incident in Churachandpur town today, the official said, adding that law and order situation was under control.
The JAC, formed on September 2, has since been spearheading the agitation against the passage of the bills seeking to protect the rights of the indigenous people of the state.

Several government buildings, houses of a Minister and an MP have been torched by the protesters since the agitation began on August 31. Eight persons have been killed in violence during the agitation while a motorcyclist died in an accident trying to avoid a blockade set up by the protsters, official figures said.
The three bills seeking to protect the rights of the indigenous people are the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (7th amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.