As ethnic violence continues in Manipur, 75 ‘Imas’ or ‘mothers’ (elderly women traders) from the famed women-only Khwairamband Ima Keithel market of Imphal on June 19 arrived in Delhi, insisting that they would only leave only after the Prime Minister addressed the situation in Manipur and presented a concrete solution.
The women representatives of the Ima Keithal held a press conference at the Press Club of India ahead of their sit-in demonstration at Jantar Mantar, where security was beefed up significantly, with armed personnel inside the Club premises as well.
