Imphal, Nov 21: President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate North East Development Summit (NEDS)
2017 at 2 pm and Sangai tourism Festival at 4.30 pm . The Summit will be held
at City convention and the Tourism festival at Hapta Kangjeibung.
Extraordinary security measures were taken up and security
personnel cordoned off the two places . Since early morning a lots of air
activities could be seen as helicopters hovered around the city as a security
measure. Coordinating Committee a conglomerate of militant outfits of
Manipur has called for boycott of the visit of the President and imposed a 14
hour general strike from 6 am to 8 pm today. Due to the strike all roads were
completely deserted, inter and intra state passenger services cancelled. All educational institutes and business establishments were
closed down. Most of the roads were completely deserted. The Cor Com said the boycott was called as Manipur was
forcibly annexed on 15 Oct 1949 and Armed Forces Special Power Act imposed. The
organization gave a long list of the massacres committed by troops, security
personnel in Manipur. President Kovind will be leaving Imphal on Nov 22 after
visiting INA War Memorial at Moirang tomorrow . The Summit will be attended by about 175 delegates. Commerce
and Industries Minister Suresh Prabhu, Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh and Nagaland, Director India Foundation, Ram Madhav, Vice-Chairman NITI
Ayog Rajeev Kumar, Ministers and officials from NE states, Ambassadors, High
Commissioners and officials from various countries including Malaysia, China,
Japan, Sweden, Taiwan etc will be among the attendees.
UNI
