IMPHAL, Dec 3 NNN: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) today affirmed that the first and foremost task of the student body would be to take steps towards ensuring introduction of Inner Line Permit system in the whole Northeast region.
The influx of illegal migrants in the region is chillingly increasing which has made a great challenge to the indigenous people of Northeast and NESO has been persistently voicing air to solve this menace for a long time, newly elected NESO general secretary, Sinam Prakash told a press conference held at the office of All Manipur Student’s Union (AMSU) in Imphal. Since the formation of North East Students’ Coordinating Committee before NESO came into existence, the NE student body has been tirelessly pressing the Government to formulate a policy to stop influx of migrants into the region, he said.
NESO has also been continuously demanding the Government to repeal all forms of Draconian laws from the NE, to devise an employment policy for the region. It also says citizens of the NE cannot be treated as second class citizens of the country.
The 5th general conference of NESO was held at Kohima hosted by Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on November 27-30, said AMSU president Thokchom Suresh.
Thirteen representatives from AMSU including two resource persons took part at the conference organised under the theme: “Impacts of Illegal Migrants and Education Policy in North- East,” he said. It also elected office-bearers of NESO for the term of 2012-15 and former president of AMSU Prakash was unanimously elected as general secretary of the joint NE student bodies.
NESO is an umbrella organization of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlal Pawl (MZP), Tripura Students’ Federation (TSF), Garo Students’ Union (GSU) and AMSU.
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