Our Correspondent
Diphu, Jan. 24 (EMN): “Until Article-244 (A) of the Indian constitution is implemented for the two hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, celebration of Republic Day is incomplete for the people of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.”
This was the statement from the president of the Hill State Demand Council (HSDC) Dr. Mongve Rongpi during a press conference that was conducted at the KSA’s office premises on Jan. 24, Wed.
The press conference was called jointly by the HSDC and the Karbi Students’ Association (KSA).
The local leader said that recently the Union Home Minister for State Kiren Rijiju had spoken in the Parliament about the scrapping of the 244 (A) provision from the hill district. It cannot be scraped, Rongpi said.
Also, General Secretary Laichan Engleng said, ‘Officially we will not cooperate with the 26th Republic Day as we have been democratically launched a movement for the last 30 years after all the central government NDA/UPA government did not important to our demand as we have been demanding legally but the Indian government treated us like step mother.’.
The KSA’s President Simion Rongphar has also said that the India constitution was the most elaborate constitution in the world ‘but we are not getting our rights and we are upset.’
