Arunachal Congress campaigns against bill

ITANAGAR: The Congress held demonstrations across the state in protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which was recently passed in the Lok Sabha by the BJP-led NDA government. Shouting anti-BJP slogans, Congress leaders and workers, led by Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Takam Sanjoy, CLP leader Takam Pario and MLA Markio Tado staged a dharna in front of the civil secretariat here.Congress cadres also burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Pema Khandu with thunderous jeering to conclude the dharna.
Earlier, Sanjoy addressing the gathering, charged Khandu for remaining a silent spectator when the citizenship bill has put the northeast, particularly Arunachal Pradesh, on fire. Taking a dig at Khandu for announcing his government's support to the bill, he recalled that the Britsh Raj had enacted the Chini Hill Act in 1846 and the Bengal Easter Frontier Regulation in 1872 to protect then North East Frontier Agency (NEFA, now Arunachal Pradesh), which was given UT and state status by the Congress.
"But the BJP, with Prime Minister Modi claiming to be the chowkidar of India, is adamant on bulldozing the most sensitive state which shares borders with Myanmar, Bhutan and China," Sanjoy said. He recalled how patriotic Arunachalees had not even allowed the Chinese to enter their state.