Standing by victims of the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, Meitei women on Wednesday forwent 'Ningol Chakkouba' their biggest festival even as hundreds of women staged hunger strike at various places in five valley districts in memory of .
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Divergent to the previous years, the valley districts, this time, witnessed no grand Diwali festivities though the Meitei Vaisnavites observed the day at their respective residences in low key with worshipping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune.