Shillong, Feb 08: In the event of the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, visiting the three states of North East including Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), comprising of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF), All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Garo Students’ Union (GSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU), representing eight major students’ movements of the seven North Eastern States would like to reiterate our strong opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 in which the Government of India has passed the Bill in the Lok Sabha on the 8th January 2019 in spite of the wide protest not only by the indigenous peoples of the North East but also by some state governments and various political parties.
This is another example of political injustice and only goes to show that the Government of India has no regard for the Indigenous peoples of the North East but rather this move is intentionally done to reduce the Indigenous Peoples of the North East to a Minority in our own land. The NESO would like to send a clear message to the Prime Minister and to the Government of India that the indigenous peoples of the North East will not accept this draconian Bill and at the same time we demand that the Government of India should not introduce this Bill in the Rajya Sabha and if in any case this Bill is passed in the Rajya Sabha then there will be unrest in the whole of the North East and the Government of India should take the blame and be responsible of any eventuality and will also further alienate the people of the North East.
