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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Indigenous Students’ Union (AISU) has raised objections to the appointment of non-Arunachalee persons as co-opted members of the gram panchayat level interim committee in Vijoynagar gram segment in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. In a complaint letter to state Panchayati Raj Minister Bamang Felix, the union stated that a total of 16 non-indigenous persons have been appointed as members of the interim committee on dissolution of the existing gram panchayat upon the end of its tenure by the office of the EAC, Vijaynagar. Stating that Vijaynagar is a 100 per cent reserved constituency like any other panchayat segment in the state, the union said that the appointment of non-Arunachalee persons as members of the interim committee is a violation of the rights of the indigenous people of the area.
"The act on the part of the administration in appointing non-local people to local governance is very dangerous for the interests of the local tribal people of Changlang district and the state as a whole," the union said in the letter. It said also that there have been sustained objections from the indigenous people of Arunachal "with regard to the illegal practice of participation of non-locals in the rural local government in various pockets of the state, which could dilute the safeguards provided to the state and its people by the Constitution of India." "Such practice is definitely threatening the very existence of the indigenous people, their traditions, customs, and cultural heritage, which is against the provision of fundamental rights under Article 29 of the Constitution of India," it said. The union sought the authority’s urgent intervention on the issue to resolve the discrepancies by recalling/ modifying, or alerting the said order by deleting the non-indigenous persons from the lists and appointing local people in their places.
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