4:42 pm:\u00a0<\/b>She tastes honey to symbolically end the fast.<\/p>\n
4:41 pm:<\/b>\u00a0I want to contest elections against Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, says the human rights activist. When asked if she will join a political party, she says parties have approached her but ‘all I need is 20 Independents.’<\/p>\n
4:40 pm:\u00a0<\/b>We need non-violence, without draconian law the State can be governed, says Sharmila. She once agains appeals the prime minister to repeal the AFSPA.<\/p>\n
4:35 pm:\u00a0<\/b>When questioned if she took the decision to end fast so that she can ‘settle down’, Sharmila says love is personal matter and natural.<\/p>\n
4:20 pm:\u00a0<\/b>I want to join politics as I’ve been called the Iron lady of Manipur & I want to live upto that name, she says.<\/p>\n
4:18 pm:\u00a0<\/b>From today onwards I have ended my fast, says Irom Sharmila in Imphal<\/p>\n
4:15 pm: Irom Sharmila ends her fast after being on fast for the last 16 years demanding repeal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.<\/b><\/p>\n
2:15 pm:\u00a0<\/b>CJM grants bail to Sharmila. She furnishes bond of Rs. 10,000.<\/p>\n
2.03 pm<\/span><\/span>:<\/b>\u00a0“I have been fasting for 16 years and not got anything from it. I want to try different agitation now \u2014 one that will see me contest against the Chief Minister of the State,” says Irom Sharmila.<\/p>\n 1.40 pm<\/span><\/span>: The next hearing of the case is on August 23<\/span><\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n 1.30 pm<\/span><\/span>:<\/b>\u00a0Irom Sharmila returns to judicial custody.<\/p>\n 1.00 pm<\/span><\/span>:<\/b>\u00a0Cross examination of police officer by defence counsel starts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4:42 pm:\u00a0She tastes honey to symbolically end the fast. 4:41 pm:\u00a0I want to contest elections against Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, says the human rights activist. When asked if she will join a political party, she says parties have approached her but ‘all I need is 20 Independents.’ 4:40 pm:\u00a0We need non-violence, without draconian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[445,448,443,444,442,446,447],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politicalnews","category-top-stories","tag-16-years","tag-act","tag-ends","tag-fast","tag-irom-sharmila","tag-repeal-of-armed-forces","tag-special-powers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}