Seven Bangladeshi nationals along with two Indian facilitators were apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) and state police at a checkpoint in Pynursla, East Khasi Hills District.
The rally began from Railway station Hanuman mandir with hundreds of members holding banners and raising slogans to 'stop atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.
AASU chief Advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said the indigenous people of Northeastern region and Northeast Students' Organisation (NESO) is very much concerned about the situation cropped up in Bangladesh. "When some incidents occurred in Bangladesh, the illegal influx and due to that the indigenous people of Northeast always suffers" he said.
While the entire north-eastern region has urged the central government to ensure that no infiltration happens along the region’s international border with Bangladesh due to the political upheaval in the country, former Governor of Meghalaya, Tathagata Roy, has sparked a controversy by asking the Centre to open the borders to allow Hindus in Bangladesh to take refuse in India.
In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Chief Minister incharge Home, Prestone Tynsong, JSM and JNC said that they had jointly convened an urgent meeting on August 6 to discuss the present turmoil in Bangladesh due to the proximity of Meghalaya to the Indo-Bangladesh border.
With reports and videos coming of temples, churches and members of minority communities being targeted by the Islamic extremists, Hub News talked to Shammy Wadud, a resident of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to know the ground reality.
Jyrwa said that the civil war like situation that is currently taking place in neighbouring Bangladesh can have serious ramifications in India especially in the North East Region whereby four states share a common international boundary with Bangladesh.
Shillong, Aug 7: India a•songona niamgri napdrabaenggipa Bangladeshi-rangko BSF dolrang-oni raka ja•kurangko de•na nanga aro nanggenchimode uamangko gona nanga ine Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ni...
