PM’s trip: AASU calls off strike

AASU president Prabin Boro said it was a ‘‘moral victory” for the AASU ‘‘because our basic intention was to draw the attention of the prime minister to the implementation of the Assam Accord and repeal of the IMDT Act.’’

Earlier, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called an emergency meeting with AASU leaders and handed over the copy of the PMO’s letter to them, prompting the students to withdraw plans to disrupt the flagging off the India-ASEAN car rally by the PM.

Other hurdles remain. The PM is expected to arrive at Jiribam in Manipur at 10 am on Saturday to lay the foundation stone of the Jiribam-Imphal railway track that will link New Delhi and Hanoi. But the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) has imposed a 24-hour ‘curfew’ from midnight, saying the people of Manipur had nothing to expect from the Prime Minister’s visit.

The outfit pointed out in a statement that while troops were withdrawn as the prime minister visited Jammu and Kashmir, it was just the reverse in Manipur.