Imphal, April 11 : The PDA candidate in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency, Mani Charenamei, through his lawyer, today served a legal notice on the editor of the Hueiyen Lanpao English edition alleging that the editorial of the April 8 edition of the daily had defamed him by describing him as "a great danger to the unity and integrity of Manipur..." .
Mani Charenamei's lawyer has demanded an apology from the editor to be published on the front page of the English edition within 24 hours failing which a criminal complaint case u/s 500 IPC and a civil suit for compensation of Rs 1 crore would be filed against the editor and also a complaint would be sent to the Press Council of India to censure the editor for violation of the standards of journalistic ethics u/s 14 of the PCI Act, 1978 .
The editorial had said "Now looking back at Mani Charenamei's performance as MP during the past five years, there is nothing left to doub that the man is a great danger to the unity and integrity of Manipur.
He is a danger to the communal harmony and peaceful co-existence of all the communities and the integrity of Manipur...
It's the right time now for the discerning electorate of the outer constituency to decide whether voting for such a man would be in the common interest of all communities living in the Outer constituency in particular or the state in general or a disaster for all.
However, every body will agree that anyone who talks about and for only one community and spew venom to others must be given the boot instead of votes".
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