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Seal Manipur border, demands Samata



Seal Manipur border, demands Samata Party

The Hindu  (19/09/97).

NAGPUR, Sept. 18: The Samata Party national general, Ms. Jaya Jaitley,
today demanded that the Government immediately seal the Indo-Myanmar
border at Moreh in Manipur and snap trade links with Myanmar since it
had become a have for drug traffickers. Talking to reporters at a 'meet
the press' programme here, Ms. Jaitley said drugs were smuggled into
Indian territory through Moreh border and alleged the involvement of the
security forces in it. She quoted a report in time alleging involvement
of security forces in drug trafficking and expressed surprise that it
had not been denied by the Government. The party would launch a public
awareness campaign in Manipur against drugs and organise a ' human-wall'
from October two to prevent trading of goods through Moreh border, she
said.

The party had planned to continue its border-blockadeagitation for at
least one week, she said. Ms. Jaitley expressed concern over spread of
AIDS in Manipur and felt the State would the "due to alarming rise in
drug addiction there. One out of five people in Manipur are drug
addicts, she said. Ms. Jaitley said the party would organise a rally in
Patna on October 25 demanding the dismissal of the Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) government in Bihar. She reiterated her party's demand to impose
President's rule in the State. She alleged that the Congress president,
Mr. Sitaram Kesri, was seeking help from former Bihar Chief Minister Mr.
Laloo Prasad Yadav for his own survival in the State as the Congress is
a divided house there. (PTI)