Meghalaya witnessed more than 600 hours of mobile internet ban since 2018: Avner Pariat

The convener and chief of New Dawn said the northeastern State has faced withdrawal of internet services five times since the current dispensation took charge.

The BJP-backed Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government has effected over 600 hours of mobile internet shutdown in the State since coming to power in 2018, the chief of a newly launched regional political party claimed. He said the northeastern State has faced withdrawal of internet services five times since the current dispensation took charge. “A total of 603 hours of mobile internet shutdown has been imposed on us since 2018,” Avner Pariat, convener and chief of New Dawn, told PTI. The longest duration was in June 2018 following the clashes that broke out between two groups in IewDuh area.