TURA, JULY 19: The Garo Students Union (GSU) sponsored demonstration and picketing ended peacefully on Friday in Garo hills. The students’ body is demanding for a separate electoral roll for the elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Counci, implementation of the Inner Line Permit as recommended by the High Level Committee on Influx.
GSU CEC general secretary John Miltu Sangma told reporters that the GHADC will have to finish creating a separate electoral roll well before the MDC elections failing which he warned that the union will launch a massive agitational programme.
Stating that the GHADC had bungled by registering and allowing non indigenous people to participate in the previous MDC elections Sangma said that the onus of protecting the rights of the indigenous people of Garo Hills from outside interference fell on the GHADC and as such the union demand complete deletion of their names before the MDC elections.
Sangma informed that a public meeting, expected to be participated by people from all corners of Garo Hills, will be held on July 23 at Tura to decide on future course of action regarding the matter.- By Our Reporter
