SHILLONG, JAN 5: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has called for 12-hour North East bandh on January 8, as a mark of protesting against the BJP-led NDA government’s move to pass the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
In a statement issued on Saturday, NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said, “The NESO has no other alternative but to call for a North East Bandh on the January 8 from 5 am to 4 pm with the exception of emergency services.”
The decision was taken in the wake of the recent announcement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Bill will be passed soon.
“The NESO which has been vehemently opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, condemns the move of the Government of India to go ahead with the Bill. NESO has been making its stand very clear that we will never accept the Bill,” Jyrwa said.
The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in July 2016 to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 with an aim to provide citizenships to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians facing prosecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The chairman further the move by the Government of India is an imposition on the sentiments of the indigenous peoples of the NE and this design by the Government of India is very dangerous as it will reduce the indigenous peoples of the North East to a minority.
He said NESO also warned the Government of India not to play with the future of the indigenous peoples of North East just for vote bank politics.
Meanwhile, the NESO further requested the people of the North Eastern region to co-operate with the bandh as this will send a clear message to the Government of India that the indigenous peoples of the North East are one and North East is not a dumping ground of illegal migrants, Jyrwa said.
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