By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Toughening its stand on the demand for a separate Garo state, the Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC) on Monday kicked off its five-day sit-in demonstration in three districts of Garo Hills.
The sit-in demonstration was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office of South Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and East Garo Hills.
The GHSMC is demanding creation of a separate state along the line of the Linguistic Act, 1956.
The West Garo Hills district administration has prohibited students from taking part in any agitation called in demand for a separate Garo state, in line with the spirit of the Right to Education Act.
West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Pravin Bakshi issued an order on Friday to all organisations sponsoring the agitation demanding for a separate Garo state asking them not to involve school students.