Dipankar Bhattacharya, national general secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation, said, “. Centre and State (Manipur) have BJP governments. They have knowledge of what is happening, but haven’t been able to restore peace.”
The All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) called for immediate action against responsible officials and demanded that the government publicly disclose the steps being taken to re-investigate the case.
When the present government has two reports, including one from the 21st Law Commission at its disposal, one feels compelled to ask: Why has a fresh discussion been stirred up on the issue?
Earlier, when Delhi was still to expand its boundaries, it was the Boat Club that was the space for resistance. But with Ram temple movement raging, the Congress government, rattled by a 1988 agitation, imposed a ban on gatherings at the Boat Club.