Mokokchung, December 9 (MTNews): The North East Students’ Organization (NESO) will observe December 11 as Black Day in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 in all the seven states of the region.
NESO Chairman Samuel B Jyrwa stated in a press release on Friday said that the observation of Black Day is to give a message to the Government of India that the NE are against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and also at the same time, “to remind our people and our posterior of yet another political injustice that the Government of India perpetrated on the indigenous peoples of the North East.”
It was informed that there will be a display of Black Flags and Black Banners in all the important places of all the seven states to mark the day.
Further, NESO has called upon all the people of the North East to support this observation and at the same time to keep on fighting for the just cause of “our God given right.”
“On the 11th December 2019, despite the relentless opposition of the indigenous peoples of the North East against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Government of India did not pay heed and it finally through the Rajya Sabha passed the Draconian Law which is known as Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019,” NESO said.
The North East Students’ Organisation (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), representing eight major students movement in the seven North Eastern states.