TURA, Feb 8: As part of its demand for a winter capital in Tura, the A’chik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM) has decided to hold a series of democratic protests in all district headquarters of Garo Hills.
Although the first phase of the protests in the form of a signature campaign was held recently at Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills, similar programmes have been chalked out for the district headquarters of all five districts of Garo Hills.
“The first phase is just to awaken the people of Garo Hills of the rights and privileges of being the rightful citizen of the Meghalaya state. The forefathers of our state, while carving out the state, thought of the idea of having two sessions for Meghalaya — the winter capital in Tura and the summer capital in Shillong. However, even after 50 years of statehood, the people of Garo Hills are yet to see it become a reality,” AHAM president, Georgeprince Ch Momin, said.
Momin also said that the agitation will continue until the winter session of the Assembly is implemented in Garo Hills and all offices attached to it such as the Governor’s House, Additional Secretariat, the Winter Assembly, the quarter for the MLAs, the Joint Directorates, etc function from Garo Hills.
Meanwhile, the AHAM, while expressing hope that the MDA Government would look into the matter, has also appealed to the people of Garo Hills to unite for the cause.