JOWAI: ‘Ki Khon ka Niamtre’ – Niamtre faithful belonging to Sein Raij Tuber will march along the National Highway-44 from Mihmyntdu to the West Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner’s Office to protest the decision of the district administration to not declare July 24 as a local holiday on account of the biggest festival- Tuber Behdeinkhlam.
The decision to hold the procession was taken at an emergency meeting of the Khon ka Niamtre Sein Raij Tuber on Monday.
“It is a religious protest march. We will carry black flags as we dance till the DC’s office, Jowai,” Khon ka Niamtre Sein Raij Tuber vice president Helping Phawa said.