As part of the Black Day observation on December 11, the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has announced that black flags and banners would be displayed at all important places across the seven north-eastern states in protest against the Centre’s move to get the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Rajya Sabha that day in 2019 despite the relentless opposition of the indigenous people of the Northeast.
Comprising the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF), All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Garo Students’ Union (GSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) representing eight major students movement in the seven north-eastern states, the NESO said the observation was to give a message to the Centre that they were against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Reminding the indigenous people of the region of yet another political injustice that the Central government had perpetrated on them, the organisation also called upon them to support the observation of the Black Day and at the same time keep on fighting for the just cause that was their God-given right. This was stated in a press release by NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa and secretary general Mutsikhoyo Yhobu.