NESO condemns BJP’s move

SHILLONG, FEB 18: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has termed the BJP’s move to bring back the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) as an insult to the people’s movement of the North East region.

This came as a strong reaction against the recent statement made by the BJP national chief Amit Shah that the Citizenship Amendment Bill would again be brought back by the BJP if it comes to power after Lok Sabha polls.

In a statement issued on Monday, NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said the NESO strongly condemns such statement as this is an insult to the people’s movement of the North East against the CAB which results to the inability of the BJP-led NDA government to table it in the recently concluded session of the Rajya Sabha.

“This statement is also a clear reflection of the mindset which indicates that they dont have any regard for the sentiments, emotions and welfare of the indigenous peoples of the North East but rather their design is to reduce the microscopic indigenous communities to a minority by flooding the region with illegal Bangladeshis to achieve their Hindutva objective,” Jyrwa said.

“NESO, would again like to reiterate our stand that we are against the illegal Bangladeshis and we do not differentiate them on the basis of their religion, an illegal Bangladeshi is an illegal Bangladeshi irrespective whether a Hindu or Muslim,” he said adding “The NESO would like to send a clear message to this fellow and his ilk that we will never accept this draconian Bill.”

Meanwhile, the NESO also called upon all the indigenous people of the North East to stand united to thwart such evil designs for the survival of the race, identity, culture, language and the future generations.

The NESO comprises  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).

By Our Reporter