Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu who went on a hunger strike for 16 years against Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur said the horrific incident of two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur wouldn't have happened had the Centre had intervened.
In a message to the people of ethnic strife-torn Manipur, activist Irom Sharmila asks them to be humane and urges them to leave the path of barbarism and hatred. Known as the "Iron Lady," Irom Sharmila had gone on a hunger strike for nearly 16 years to protest against the misuse of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), till one day, she walked away and began her life with Desmond, a British Indian, in Bengaluru.
Feeling "sorry and sad" about the incident wherein two women were paraded naked in the Manipur, Sharmila said it wouldn't have happened had the Centre intervened "at the right time," according to a report by NDTV. "I can speak from my own experience. In my 16-year long hunger strike, when I did not even drink water, I was reduced to a symbol. Despite my struggles, I felt that people would view me as 바카라just a woman바카라바카라. I felt like the state바카라s (Manipur바카라s) property. That is the kind of attitude people have towards women," she wrote in the Indian Express.
Days after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, Sharmila on May 6 requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to visit her home state 바카라to understand the problem바카라 and 바카라address them바카라. 바카라If the Centre wants India바카라s real integrity and wants an united India, they must bridge the gap between people from the rest of India and the northeastern states. There is still discrimination, and looking down on the people from northeastern states,바카라 she said.
Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after a May 4 video surfaced online on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities in the state's Kangpokpi district paraded naked by a mob from the other side.
