Summary:
“In the past, student bodies have expected more of certain parties, but it has not turned out favourably. This was when the Assam Agitation, also spearheaded by a student body – the All Assam Students’ Union – was at its height.So what do the student bodies want? If we allow illegal migrants to keep coming in, it will erode our ethnic identity.”In the state, the number of non-tribals has actually been going down. BJP had been very vocal about the issue of illegal migration in Assam, but it has not raked up the citizenship debate in Meghalaya yet. The inter-state border becomes very porous and it’s difficult to identify persons travelling through Assam and entering Meghalaya, claiming to be Indian residents ....