AICC report

SHILLONG, APR 27: Former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) spokesman Rejaul Karim Laskar on Thursday submitted his report to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Minority Department in New Delhi.

The Chairman of the Minority Department of AICC had entrusted Laskar, who is also a prominent author and scholar, to develop a strategy for attracting religious minorities (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc) towards the Congress party.

The former AICC Vichar Vibhag secretary, after touring five states of the North East region handed a 148 pages report along with two Annexures to the chairman of the Minority Department.

He had also held interactions with a number of prominent persons of the region including the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Chief Minister of Mizoram, and PCC Presidents of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur.

Some of the important recommendations of the Laskar Report, which consists of seven chapters, include, creation of a ‘North East Congress Minority Coordination Committee (NECMCC), ‘North East Advisory Committee (NEAC),  ‘Vigilance Committee’ in the Minority Department of each PCCs of the region and ‘Legal Aid Committee’ in the Minority Departments at the state and district levels in all the states of North East.

It has also recommended the need for greater representation to Christians, belonging to the NE region, in the Minority Department.

Proper representation to persons belonging to Dony-Polo (of Arunachal Pradesh), Sanamahi (of Manipur), and Niam Khasi/Niamtre (of Meghalaya) religion in the Congress party’s Minority Department.

Appointing persons belonging to Christian as Chairperson of the Minority Departments of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram PCC.

Persons belonging to Christian Community may be appointed as Chairpersons of the Minority Department of Tinsukia, Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, and Udalguri Districts of Assam; All the District of Mizoram except the Lawnatlai District; All the Districts of Nagaland; All the Districts of Meghalaya; Senapati, Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Ukhrul and Chandel Districts of Manipur; and East Kameng, Papum Pare, Tirap, and Kurung Kumey Districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Persons belonging to Buddhist Community may be appointed as Chairperson of the Minority Department of Tawang, West Kameng, and Changlang Districts of Arunachal Pradesh; All the Districts of Sikkim; Lawngtlai District of Mizoram; and South Tripura District of Tripura.

Persons belonging to Dony-Polo Community may be appointed as Chairperson of the Minority Department of Upper Subansiri, Lower Subansiri, West Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, and Dibang Valley Districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Holding of an “Annual North East Dialogue” by the AICC Minority Department.