ITANAGAR: In response to Saturday’s 24-hour Capital Complex bandh here called by All Nyishi Welfare Association (ANWA), the district administration has declared the proposed bandh ‘illegal’.
ANWA has called this bandh as a part of its phase-wise agitation, for an honourable solution to the controversial news item against Nyishi community, published in some section of the national media on May 4 last.
Deputy Commissioner, Capital, Onit Panyang had issued an order on Thursday directing the organisation to call off its proposed bandh.
Such bandh calls cause untold misery and hardship to patients, students and business community in particular and the public at large, the order said, adding as per the Supreme Court of India, any bandh call by any political party, organisation or association or group or individual as unconstitutional and illegal, he said.
Meanwhile, Nyishi Elite Society (NES) and All Nyishi Students’ Union (NES-ANSU) called upon the civil society to defy the proposed bandh and urged upon the members of Nyishi community to ensure that normal life was not affected. (UNI)