Take seriously issue related to conferment of Panchayati rights to non-Arunachalees: AAPSU to Government
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“The State government is majorly responsible for the escalation of the problem in the area as it was not being reciprocative to the sentiments of the Yobin community,” an AAPSU assertion mentioned.
In the backdrop of violence in distant Vijaynagar circle of the State, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) has known as upon the State authorities to “take seriously” the issue related to the conferment of Panchayati rights to non-Arunachalees.
Expressing anguish over the current incident of violence at Vijaynagar in Changlang district, the AAPSU in an announcement mentioned, “the State government is majorly responsible for the escalation of the problem in the area as it was not being reciprocative to the sentiments of the Yobin community.”
“There is a need for self-retrospection and soul searching on the part of the authorities as to why the members of the Yobin community were compelled to take such extreme measures,” the AAPSU mentioned.
It mentioned that the Yobin neighborhood has been agitating and resorting to peaceable democratic protests in opposition to the inclusion of settlers and non-Arunachalees underneath the Panchayati Raj system for a few years.
As Panchayat Raj comes underneath absolutely the area of the State authorities, there ought to have been a extra direct method and engagement from the State authorities on this vexed issue, the union mentioned. The AAPSU mentioned there are comparable present issues in different meeting constituencies of the State as properly that require rapid consideration.
“It has to be understood that consistent disregard for the rights and aspirations indigenous people may invite more such mishappenings in the near future. The government should view the issue seriously and immediately take up AAPSU’s previous demand for the amendment of Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1997,” the union mentioned.
The AAPSU additional mentioned it doesn’t advocate or encourage any kind of violence and Friday’s incident at Vijaynagar was an unlucky one.
It appealed to all of the communities to keep peace and tranquillity within the space. It additionally appealed to the Yobin leaders to test the inflow of unlawful migrants within the space.
Vijaynagar witnessed widespread arson on Friday as a mob of round 400 individuals reportedly led by the All Yobin Students’ Union set hearth to the workplaces of the additional assistant commissioner, Special Branch of the State police and the publish workplace, apart from ransacking the native police station. The civil helipad was additionally partially broken by the mob.
The protesters had been demanding the cancellation of electoral rights given to non-indigenous individuals (largely ex-Assam Rifles settlers) of Vijaynagar within the Panchayat election and their elimination from the world.
Surrounded on three sides by Myanmar, Vijaynagar, is one of the remotest administrative circles of the State, which is but to be linked by roads. It takes round 6-8 days to attain on foot from the closest city Miao, which is round 157km away.
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