As the 73rd Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) progressed, members of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) staged a demonstration today along the roadsides, holding placards and banners to voice their long-pending demands to the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, who was attending the summit.
The primary objective of this protest was to remind the Central Government of several issues, especially the demand for the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) to protect the state of Meghalaya, which the Center has failed to approve to date.
This demonstration formed a continuous human chain extending from Damsite to the U Kiang Nangbah monument towards the Civil Hospital area, among other locations.
Through these banners, the KSU members clearly expressed their demands regarding the security of the indigenous population and the environment.