IMPHAL, 31 Oct: The Manipur Police have registered an FIR against members of a Churachandpur-based Joint Students’ Body (JBS) which had recently declared every Friday a public holiday in all state government offices and educational institutions in the district.
The FIR was registered days after the Manipur government termed the notice issued by the JBS on the declaration “totally illegal.”
A notice has been circulated by the JBS through different social media platforms aiming at “renaming of institutions and places” and observing every Friday as a holiday in government offices and educational institutions, a home department statement issued by Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi said on Monday.
It said that the Churchandpur police have registered a suo moto FIR against the members of the JBS in this connection.
The JSB in a statement on 26 October said, “We are committed to the continuation and improvement of an education-friendly environment in our living space, even in these difficult times. The JSB had adopted a resolution on August 18… for all institutions of government of Manipur starting from DC/SP… to observe Friday as a holiday.”
The state government earlier said that any such act of spreading a message and public notice poses a threat to communal harmony, peaceful coexistence, and internal and national security. (PTI)