Imphal: Breaking into tears, Manipur&rsquo;s &ldquo;Iron Lady&rdquo; Irom Sharmila yesterday broke her 16-year-old hunger strike, the world's longest, and declared she wants to become the chief minister so that she could repeal the contentious AFSPA.
<img title="Irom Sharmila after breaking her fast yesterday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/Irom-Sharmila.jpg" alt="Irom Sharmila after breaking her fast yesterday. Pic/AFP" /> Irom Sharmila after breaking her fast yesterday. Pic/AFP
Outside a government hospital, a room of which was turned into a jail for her, the 44-year-old iconic rights activist turned emotional as she licked honey from her palm to end the fast that she undertook in protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
&ldquo;I want to be the chief minister of Manipur to make positive changes. If I become chief minister, the first thing I will do is to remove the AFSPA. I need power. In Manipur politics is so dirty and everyone knows it. But people don't realise that the people are also involved in this dirtiness, &ldquo; she said, adding, &ldquo;I want to invite 20 independent candidates to join me and topple Chief Minister Ibobi.&rdquo;
Earlier in the day, Imphal West district&rsquo;s chief judicial magistrate Lamkhanpau Tonsing in his order said as the offence under section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) is a bailable offence, he is inclined to allow her on bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. After the bond was furnished, a release order was issued.

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