Arunachal offspring issue: AAPSU warns of protests across state

Itanagar: The All Arunachal Pradesh Student’s Union (AAPSU) on Thursday announced that they will organize a protest rally at Itanagar and stage dharnas outside the offices of deputy commissioners across the state on October 5 over “the state government’s lackadaisical attitude towards the ‘offspring’ issue”.

The decision was taken in an emergency meeting of the AAPSU held under the chairmanship of union president Hawa Bagang.

Later, a statement from the union read: “The house unanimously condemned the cancellation of the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting which was supposed to be held on September 29. The members took serious exception to the lackadaisical attitude, inordinate delay and dilly dallying tactics adopted by the department of SJETA in coming out with a draft of the proposed legislation on the offspring issue as demanded by the AAPSU since 2018.”