The protest was staged amid tight security in view of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the state to chair the plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here.
The Deputy Commissioner of East Khasi Hills, RM Kurbah, has requested the Voice of the People Party (VPP) party to refrain from holding their proposed sit-in-demonstration in front of the secretariat in view of the 71st plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong on Friday.
Amit Shah Shillong visit: Upon his arrival in Shillong on Thursday, the Home Minister is set to inaugurate a cyber security operational center at the Assam Rifles' headquarters in the capital of Meghalaya.
Tripartite Memorandum of Settlement was signed among United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Pro-Talks Faction, Government of Assam, and Government of India.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the Government of India is conscious of the sentiments and requirements for inclusion of other languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
