Harassment against the Hindus in Meghalaya- It’s Festive Season After All
Now happens to be the perfect time for repercussion against the non-tribals and halt the already COVID-halted Navratri/Durga Puja celebrations.
Now happens to be the perfect time for repercussion against the non-tribals and halt the already COVID-halted Navratri/Durga Puja celebrations.
Though this is almost an annual event, this one in particular can be perhaps traced back to Feb 2020 when a leader of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) died in the violence following the CAA protests. What followed were atrocities and violence against non-tribal women and children.
Recently the Meghalaya police had begun investigating allegations of “institutionalized harassment” of non-tribal women and children in areas bordering Bangladesh owing to pressure from several groups.
Now happens to be the perfect time for repercussion and halt the already COVID-halted Navratri/Durga Puja celebrations.
Welcome to Meghalaya! You are supposedly in India!
These banners had been put up right at the heart of the city and have been perhaps removed now owing to social media pressure.
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