AMWJU and IJU Called on CM N. Biren
CM expresses integrity with Manipuri living in Bangladesh
Imphal/ March 24, 2023: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh assures a team of journalists led by AMWJU President K. Shamjai with IJU President Geetartha Pathak and Joint Secretary of Indo Bangla Journalists Forum Abdul Hadi that he will take up the issue granting easy Indian VISA to Northeast visiting Bangladeshi citizen including Bangladeshi Manipuri people.
Upon meeting the two Journalist unions CM wrote, "I was called on by President, Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and Former PCI member Geetartha Pathak, Joint Secretary, Indo Bangla Journalists Forum (IBJF), MD Abdul Habi, Executive Journalists Union of Assam (JUA), Shahidul Islam along with President, AMWJU Wangkhemcha Shamjai at my Secretariat.
The media has been playing a big role in carrying ideas to the people, bridging the gap between people and the Government."
The CM also assures the team that he will uplift the AMWJU office to a smart building with a state of the art technology with a modern elevation system, media center, Digital Display board, sound system, etc. lJU President Geetartha Pathak requested the CM to transform the AMWJU building to a gateway and hub of Indian journalists to South East Asia. The CM responded to the proposal with enthusiasm. He also said that he is considering increasing the Pension amount from the present Rs8000/- to a higher slab. Abdul Hadi, joint Secretary of Indo Bangla Journalists Forum from Bangladesh also called on the Manipur CM today along with the team. He said that he is very much concerned about the Meitei people living in Bangladesh and said that he will send a team of journalists from Manipur to Bangladesh to take stock of the condition of the Manipuri people of Bangladesh. The CM said that the state will host a meeting of the Indo-Bangla Journalists Forum in Manipur shortly. The journalist's team consisted of apart from AMWJU and IJU President, K. Naoba, Secretary, of AMWJU, Asem Bhakta Singh treasurer of IJU, and Shahidul Islam executive body member Journalists Union of Assam.
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