Opp Congress stages anti-CAA protest infront of BJP state office in Shillong

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 14, 2024

The opposition Congress staged an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest in front of the BJP state office here on Thursday.

“We reject CAA”, “Protect the Sixth Schedule, Say No to CAA” and “Meghalaya against CAA” – read some of the placards displayed by members of the Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress (MPYC) during the protest.

This also came after the Centre had passed the CAA Rules for implementation of the Act, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Speaking to reporters, MPYC president Adrian L Chyne Mylliem said that the CAA is just a vote bank politics of the BJP.

“There are still so many issues and I feel that this is just politics to get vote banks without thinking about the future of the minorities who are oppressed. If it would have been done in a different manner we would have agreed with it but we feel that this is just vote bank politics, it is a politics that is not intended for the benefit of the people of this country,” he said.

“Even though Meghalaya has been exempted, we have to wonder due to the Sixth Schedule, we are protected against this law but we have seen in the years that have passed, the abrogation of article 370, exemption now might mean that later on in the future we become the targets,” Mylliem said while adding “We feel that we have to protect the Sixth Schedule by protesting against the CAA.”

According to him, “Even if CAA has been passed right now, we can see that India is not ready for the migrants that are to come, they might be lakhs, they might be crores who are coming.

We see that in terms of the global index, India ranks at 111 from 125 countries in the world.

Similar protests were also held in different parts of Shillong including Khyndailad area.