The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union protests in Itanagar against the move to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees. The union also called for a 12-hour-strike against the move.


This comes in the aftermath of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Centre would urge the Supreme Court to modify its order of granting citizenship to Chakma-Hajong refugees so that the rights of the indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh are not diluted.


"There is no decision of the Government of India to grant citizenship. It is the order of the Supreme Court. We are trying to tell the honourable Supreme Court that giving Chakmas and Hajongs the same rights as Arunachali is not acceptable to us," he said.


"People of Arunachal must appreciate that for the first time that the Government of India has not agreed.... So we are appealing to the apex court to modify this order... to ensure that rights of the indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh are protected," the Minister of State for Home Affairs has said.