Dimapur/Imphal, Aug 13: Chief minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio and Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh have taken up steps for the security of their respective state students in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore following the series of attacks on the people of the North East region in Pune, Mumbai and elsewhere.
On Sunday, Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh had spoken to his Maharashtra counter parts for providing security to the students of Manipur while Monday, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio wrote to Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on the reports of students and people belonging to the north eastern region having been attacked in certain parts of the country including Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore etc.
Neiphiu rio’s letter to Sushil Kumar Shinde states, “I write this letter to you to express our serious concern at the reports of students and people belonging to the north eastern region having been attacked in certain parts of the country, including Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore etc. We have also received reports that some people from Nagaland have been asked by their landlords to vacate their rented premises on the fear that people from the North East Region are likely to be targeted by some groups of people who are aggrieved by the recent communal violence in lower parts of Assam. This situation has created an air of apprehension in the minds of the people of the North East now living in various parts of the mainland, and also amongst the people here. It goes without saying that there are bound to be undesirable repercussions if the situation is not handled in an urgent and firm manner, so as to reassure the safety of the people of North East and to maintain communal harmony and peaceful situation in the country.”
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