Acclaimed Manipur filmmaker returns Padma Shri in protest
- | Monday | 4th February, 2019
"When this bill was passed by the LS, it gave me tremendous pain ... As a mark of protest, I return my Padma Shri to the Government of India," Aribam told mediapersons. If the bill becomes an Act, the future of the indigenous people of the north-east, especially Manipur, would be bleak," he said, demanding that the Bill be withdrawn. IMPHAL: Acclaimed Manipur filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday registered his protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by returning the Padma Shri conferred on him in 2006.This comes just four days after a similar protest when families of 76 of the 855 Assam Movement martyrs returned the awards given to them by the Sarbananda Sonowal government in 2016. "As an Indian, living in a democratic country, I feel it's about time the voice of the north-east is heard by the Centre ...
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