Bid to deport 60,000 Chakmas from Arunachal slammed
The Hindu
Assam must not be dumping ground of ‘unwanted people of the Northeast’, Chakma organisations say.
Chakma organisations have slammed the proposed deportation of 60,000 people belonging to the Chakma and Hajong communities from Arunachal Pradesh. They have also said other States in India, specifically Assam, must not be the dumping ground of “unwanted people of the Northeast” although 94% of the Chakmas and Hajongs settled in present-day Arunachal Pradesh by the Government of India in the 1960s are Indians by birth. In a statement on August 23, the Chakma Rights and Development Organisation (CRDO) expressed concern over Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s Independence Day speech and Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju’s ‘warnings’ during his ‘Jan Ashirvad Yatra’ in the State.More Related News