Big 5: Irom Sharmila to end fast after 16 years, contest assembly elections
Sixteen years after starting her path-setting hunger strike demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur’s “Iron Lady†Irom Chanu Sharmila has decided to end her fast on August 9 and contest Assembly elections as an Independent candidate.
Updated : 26 July 2016, 07:36 PM