IMPHAL: Accusing the Congress-led Secular Progressive Front (SPF) government in Manipur failing in several fronts, the opposition Manipur People's Party (MPP) has sought imposition of President's Rule in the troubled state.
One of the oldest regional parties in the northeast, the MPP said the next assembly election should be held at the earliest for the installation of a new government. A memorandum to this effect was sent to President Pratibha Patil by the party president and former minister Nimaichand Luwang on Tuesday.
On Public Distribution System ( PDS)), the memorandum alleged that almost all its items such as rice and sugar have been sold out in the local market without distributing to the card holders. "Sometimes, only 8 to 10 kg of rice were made available to some cardholders and that too at the higher rate of Rs 15 per Kg only for 5/6 months in a year" the memo said.
On Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the MPP, which has five MLAs in the 60-member assembly, contended that no components of it - books, uniform and mid-day-meal - were made available to the beneficiaries (students) despite crores of rupees being sanctioned for the purpose.
The MPP said the law and order situation in Manipur was worsening everyday as incidents such as ransom, extortion and grenade attacks have become a routine affair.