Shillong, Feb 4 NNN : The Khasi Students Union (KSU) new team has pledged take up the issue of the influx of outsiders to Meghalaya. The new KSU leaders also said they will press for the implementation of Inner Line Permit in Meghalaya.
The vow was made by the new leadership under Daniel Khryiem and Augustar Jyrwa on Saturday, soon after taking the baton from Samuel Jyrwa and Hamlet Dohling.
During the emotional charge up gathering to mark the formal change of guard held in Shillong, the newly sworn in president of the KSU Daniel Khriem said, “The change of guard will not be a change of principles nor will it be at a price of abandoning the issues that the past leaders have fought for.
“This is a body with new set of leaders but the issues remain that were initiated, pursued by the past leadership remains the same”.
Listing the issue of influx as a priority, Khriem said that influx of outsiders into Meghalaya is the main issue that the KSU will pursue in the days to come.
Though he was appreciative of the outgoing leaders for leading from the front in forcing the state government to introduce the work permit for non-indigenous people working in the state, the KSU president was however categorical in saying that the union will not be content with the work permit alone.
To counter the problem of influx, the state should introduce the Inner Line Permit (ILP) and the three tier identity cards for the non inidgenous people in the state, asserted outgoing president of the KSU Samuel Jyrwa. He added, “You (new functionaries) have a responsibility to shape and determine the future of the Hynniewtrep race and live by the pledge that you will not shirk nor retreat from the task assign to you”.
Outgoing general secretary of the KSU Hamlet Dohling exhorted on the new leadership to resist all temptations that may come in thier way.
“In our quest to achieve our objectives many of us have been offered sops and other benefits and we resisted because we never compromised with the union principles and the overall interest of the indigenous Hynniewtrep people”, Dohling stated.
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