Naming of museum at Ujjayanta Palace
SHILLONG: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has come in support to express its solidarity with the Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF) in its protest against the move of the Tripura State Government to name the Museum which is housed in the Ujjayanta Palace to be inaugurated by the Vice President of India on September 25 this month only as the State Museum without any mention of the Ujjayanta Palace.
“This action of the state government not only further marginalized the indigenous peoples of Twipra but also an attempt to wipe out the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of Twipra. It is a known fact that the indigenous peoples of Twipra has been reduced to a minority in their own land due to the unabated influx of people from erstwhile East Pakistan now known as Bangladesh,” NESO chairman Samuel Jyrwa said in a statement issued here on Sunday.
He pointed out that the non indigenous people of Twipra who are now in control of everything right from the economy, political power is not satisfied with only reducing the indigenous peoples to a minority but also sought to remove the heritage of the indigenous peoples of Twipra.
Jyrwa said that they strongly condemned the sinister move of the government of Twipra and demands that the government should respect the sentiments of the indigenous peoples of the state.
“The unfortunate events in one of the sister states of Twipra, should act as a wakeup call to the indigenous peoples of the north eastern region.
In this respect, the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), urged upon the indigenous peoples of the north eastern region to be alert, vigilant and wary of the influx if illegal migrants lest we will be reduced to a minority in our own land and we should not allow this to happen by taking pro active steps before it is too late,” the NESO chairman added.