{"id":135339,"date":"2025-02-20T19:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=135339"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:01:53","slug":"manipur-governors-emotional-plea-to-surrender-illegal-arms-in-just-7-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=135339","title":{"rendered":"Manipur Governor\u2019s Emotional Plea to Surrender Illegal Arms in Just 7 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135267\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">I<\/span>n an urgent call for peace, <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=123735\">Manipur Governor<\/a> Ajay Kumar Bhalla has urged residents of all communities across the state to voluntarily surrender any looted or illegally possessed weapons and ammunition within the next seven days. This appeal, made on Thursday, emphasizes the need for communal harmony and the restoration of normalcy in a state that has endured significant turmoil over the past 20 months due to a series of unfortunate incidents.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135343\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Manipur Governor\u2019s Emotional Plea to Surrender Illegal Arms in Just 7 Days\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135343 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-76.jpg\" alt=\"Manipur Governor\u2019s Emotional Plea to Surrender Illegal Arms in Just 7 Days\" width=\"768\" height=\"460\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-76.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-76-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-76-750x449.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manipur Governor\u2019s Emotional Plea to Surrender Illegal Arms in Just 7 Days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Governor Bhalla stressed the collective responsibility of all communities, highlighting the relentless hardships faced by the people in both the valley and hills. He urged residents, particularly the youth, to take proactive steps in the cessation of hostilities by returning these weapons to the nearest police stations, outposts, or security forces\u2019 camps. He assured the public that no punitive action would be taken against those who surrender their arms within the stipulated timeframe. However, he warned that strict measures would be enforced against any illegal possession thereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The governor reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to a peaceful resolution and the safeguarding of the state\u2019s future, emphasizing that surrendering weapons would be a significant step towards ensuring peace and order. This appeal comes as part of broader efforts to restore stability, allowing the citizens of Manipur to resume their normal day-to-day activities without fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an urgent call for peace, Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has urged residents of all communities across the state to voluntarily surrender any looted or illegally possessed weapons and ammunition within the next seven days. This appeal, made on Thursday, emphasizes the need for communal harmony and the restoration of normalcy in a state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[41450,41441,41452,41435,41439,41453,41444,41437,41456,41445,41433,41449,41451,38657,33456,41443,41454,41434,41442,41438,41455,41448,41446,41447,41436,41440],"class_list":["post-135339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-arms-surrender-initiative","tag-cease-hostilities-manipur","tag-collective-responsibility-communities","tag-communal-harmony-manipur","tag-community-responsibility-manipur","tag-end-turmoil-manipur","tag-illegal-arms-crackdown","tag-illegal-firearms-surrender","tag-manipur-citizens-safety","tag-manipur-future-peace","tag-manipur-governor-ajay-kumar-bhalla","tag-manipur-governor-statement","tag-manipur-residents-peace-call","tag-manipur-security-forces","tag-manipur-violence-resolution","tag-no-punitive-action-weapon-surrender","tag-peace-and-order-manipur","tag-peace-appeal-manipur","tag-police-stations-weapon-surrender","tag-restore-normalcy-manipur","tag-restore-stability-manipur","tag-return-weapons-police","tag-significant-step-for-peace-manipur","tag-stability-in-manipur","tag-surrender-weapons-manipur","tag-youth-engagement-peace"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}