“I appealed to the people of the rest of the country not to look down or discriminate the people of the Northeast Region merely on account of their ethnic cultural dresses, customs and unique facial appearance in order to bring a nationwide unity and love without a trace of discrimination,” Lyngdoh said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
The home minister has taken strong exception the discriminatory incident at the Delhi Golf Club in which Tailin Lyngdoh was asked to leave the Club because of her traditional attire.
Stating that he understands the value and importance of rules and regulations such as the ‘dress code’ that such establishment cherishes and adopts, Lyngdoh however said, “But it is grossly unacceptable to the extreme to make racial comments such as ‘looks like a Nepali’ or humiliating statements like ‘her dress looks like that of a maid’ – such remarks are intolerable.”
He said that what is really painful and shocking to learn is that Tailin, who has been off and on been travelling all over the world from Europe to the Middle East on account of her nature of work, has not face such abusive treatment not until she step onto the Delhi Golf Club Ltd on our own capital of our country.
Stating that such a mindset would drag this great country on the reversed, the home minister reminded that such ‘freedom and independence’ was solely made possible through the pains of blood, sweat and tears shed by selfless leaders like our Gandhiji and others like him who wore only traditional and humble dresses to expressed their genuine patriotism until we achieved freedom from slavery that we the present generation enjoy.
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