KSU-NESO to hold sit-in-protest on Dec 9

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 6, 2021

The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) under the ages of the North East Students’ Organization (NESO) will organize a sit in demonstration and candle light vigil on December 9, as a mark of protest and condemnation against the mass killing of Naga civilians in Mon district of Nagaland.

The protest will be held at U Woh Kiang Nangbah monument near Shillong civil hospital.

The NESO has decide to organize programmes in all the state capital of all the North Eastern states on December 9, as a mark of protest against the heinous act committed by the security forces at Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland on December 4, which resulted to the death of 14 people and injuries to many others.

This programme is also to show solidarity with the people of Oting village in particular and the people of Nagaland in general who are going through this heart stricken grief, NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said in a statement issued here.

The NESO also reiterated its demand that the Government of India should show its willingness and sincerity for peace to prevail in North East by repealing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 (AFSPA).

“…otherwise it will only be seen as an act of aggression and suppression of the voice of the people by using the military power at their disposal without a concern for the well being of the people of the region,” it stated.