Shillong, Dec 17: The Jaintia Youth Federation in repond to the call of the Chief Minister of Meghalaya Dr Mukul Sangma, has sent their memorandum asking the government to have an alternative to the invocation of the Inner Line Permit in the state of Meghalaya.
The suggestion put forwards by the JYF to the government of Meghalaya on the ILP read as “with the comment “NGOs urged to suggest alternative”, encourages us to hope that the impasse over the public demand for invocation of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation V of 1873 in the State may soon be overcome provided that the government is “really concerned for the future generation and interest of the indigenous people of the State” as suggested in the published report: and, provided that the government is also sincere about their concern as stated in the report; and, provided also that the government realise that they need not be adamant and stick only to their egotistic views of the provisions of laws.
To demonstrate that we are really concerned for the future generation and interest of the indigenous people of the state, we, the Jaiñtia Youth Federation (JYF) Central Body, hereby, suggest that the government introduce, debate and pass a new law to be tabled in the State Legislative Assembly as The Meghalaya Ownership, Possession and Transfer of Land (Regulation) Bill, 2013, and to repeal The Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1971 as amended to date.
At this point we wish to reveal to you that the concept of this suggested Act was conceived by many of us years ago but all our chosen representatives (MLAs) had chosen to appear to be deaf, dumb and blind. Their behavior in and out of the floor of the Legislative Assembly had lead us to perceive them as a bunch of people who choose to be subservient to whoever was and is the CM of the State by becoming their jingoes. This perception had hardened us to the point that we now appear to you as rabble rousers without any principle which is not true. This response to your call for an alternative to the demand for invocation of the Regulation V of 1873 is, therefore, to demonstrate that we are genuinely concerned about the future of our generation. However, the demand for invocation of the Regulation V of 1873 stands until the Bill suggested herein above is passed along the lines of the Draft Model Act.(SP News)
