[CPProt.net] India: Arsonists to rebuild library

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Arsonists to rebuild library 


Imphal, May 31: The script organisation, which called off its more than
three-month- long violent agitation, is prepared to extend "all possible
help" to the Manipur government's efforts to rebuild the state's oldest
library, which was razed by its volunteers.

The Meitei Erol Eyek Loinasillon Apunba Lup, which was behind the
"successful" campaign for switching the script from Bengali to Meitei Mayek,
called off its agitation from today following the release of all the script
activists and student volunteers from the jail yesterday without any
condition.

The activists were released following an agreement between the organisation
and the state government after the Okram Ibobi Singh cabinet resolved to
replace the Bengali script with the local one in Class I and II from the
next academic session. The cabinet prescribed the Roman script for tribal
students.

Chingsubam Akaba, president of the Meitei Erol Eyek Loinasillon Apunba Lup,
who was among those released from jail yesterday, said his organisation was
prepared to extend all possible help to the government and book lovers to
rebuild the central library, which was torched on April 13 by script
activists. The fire destroyed books and property worth Rs 10 crore. The
script leader did not specify the mode of help to be extended to the
government but hinted that it would try to donate Manipuri books in Meitei
script. 
 

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