Maoist relaxes its general strike for one month

Imphal August 3: Maoist Communist Party today said that they have decided to relax the proposed 12 hours’ general strike on against Imphal Urban Co-operative Bank for one month.A press statement released today by comrade Nonglen Meitei, Secretary Publicity and Propaganda, Maoist Communist Party, Manipur said that the decision of relaxation of the general strike was made after considering the appeal of the employees of the bank to give one month’s time to rectify the misdeeds of the bank.The statement said that the outfit will not negotiate any issue with money as a result of bomb threat. Maoist politically compromised at some stages to establish its political organization, military organization and mass organization. But now is the time to prove to the people that Maoist Communist Party marches towards a right direction. So, the outfit will publish all the information to the public if the party success in bringing any changes in the bank.If the bank fails to take up necessary process to initiate general body meeting the party will consider the appeal of the employee union as a cheat to the people of the state and will not wait for one month. At that moment the outfit cannot regard the appeal of the employee union of the bank and take up military action as soon as possible against IUCB.It further said that employees union is basically a union for the welfare of the employees. But the employees union in this bank is formed to support the thieves. It is very hard for the outfit to consider a union which is formed to safeguard the thieves of an organization as a friend. The outfit appeals them not to act like a mediator in the later course.The statement also mentioned that the outfit will speed up the rectifying operation at RIMS regarding appointment of more than 50 staffs at the hospital in improper way. It charges that the authority of the hospital took huge amount of money to appoint staffs in the hospital and many specialist doctors worked in various private hospitals by neglecting their duty. It also charges that the director of the hospital is not taking any action against those doctors. After a series of bomb attacks at RIMS there will be a change in the hospital as soon as possible in the field of healthcare.