GUWAHATI The Chakma Development Foundation of India has urged Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu not to “perpetuate prejudices” against the Chakma and Hajong communities by terming them ineligible for settlement in Arunachal Pradesh and proposing their relocation across India. Terming Chakmas and Hajongs as refugees and claiming Arunachal Pradesh is a tribal State protected by the Constitution are thus …
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday has asked the Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh government to finalise the conferment of citizenship rights to the eligible people of Chakma and Hajongs tribes as ordered by the Supreme Court. The CHEF and CDFI had in their May 22 complaint with the NHRC said none of the 4,637 citizenship applications from the …
People of two Arunachal Pradesh villages facing displacement by oil drilling projects are being denied compensation, the National Human Rights Commission has been told. In a complaint to the apex rights body on Saturday, the New Delhi-based Chakma Development Council of India said Oil India Limited has resorted to coercion to deny compensation to the inhabitants of two villages in …
The Chakma National Council of India has asked the Centre to comply with two Supreme Court orders prescribing citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong people settled in Arunachal Pradesh six decades ago. The CNCI and its affiliates such as the All India Chakma Students’ Union and the Rashtriya Chakma Tribal Sangh have also expressed solidarity with the Chakmas and Hajongs …