AMSU, MSF unhappy with CAU crisis fallouts

IMPHAL, August 4: The All Manipur Students' Union, has expresses deep concern at the publication of a news item in a Shillong based daily, to the effect that the AMSU had pressurised students of the CAU, who hail from outside Manipur, to leave the state. AMSU representatives told media persons at a press meet that the AMSU had never pressurised CAU students from neither outside the state to leave nor for shifting of the CAU from Manipur, and questioned the grounds on which the allegations had been made. Remarking that the situation at CAU remained tense in the aftermath of the attempt by around a hundred students, an AMSU spokesman said the AMSU, NESO and three representatives each of other states held talks today to bring an amicable solution to the crisis. He said among other things, it had been agreed at the meeting that the present students union of CAU should be dissolved. On the other hand, Manipur Students Federation, MSF has alleged that the attempt by some students of the CAU to flee from the institution was instigated by the governments of some other Northeastern states, and high-ranking officers from these states serving in Manipur. The MSF, in a statement claimed that the objective was to shift the CAU from Manipur to other state, in particular to Meghalaya. The statement dismissed outright charges of harassment of outside students, and reiterated that the MSF would strongly oppose any attempt to shift the CAU from Manipur.