Police did not let the Congress take out a rally here to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the 76th anniversary of Quit India movement on Thursday in view of prohibitory orders in place in Imphal West district.
Senior police officials also maintained that no prior permission for the procession was sought even
though Congress workers were aware of the prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC being imposed in the district since July 25 in view of the unrest in Manipur University.
Members of the Congress party, following a meeting in the afternoon, had decided to take out a rally to pay floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, located some 500 metres from their headquarters, on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the Quit India Movement, as observed across the nation.
The law enforcers in riot gears, however, prevented the Congress