Arunachal Pradesh to form consultative committee for safeguarding tribal rights

The BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh has decided to constitute a consultative committee for safeguarding the rights of the indigenous communities in view of the Centre’s bid to reintroduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, or CAB, in the Parliament.
This committee would take inputs from the civil society organisations on adding “safeguards” to the proposed CAB so that the protections provided to the tribal people of the State under Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act of 1873 and Chin Hills Regulation Act Pema Khandu said.
The Chin Hills Regulation Act empowers the local administration to evict “undesirable outsiders” and tax permanent or temporary residents, clans and villages.
“The committee will also be responsible for interpreting the various provisions of the CAB and to add clauses for the protection of Arunachali people,” Mr. Khandu said.

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The region had erupted in protests when the Centre tried to get the CAB passed in the Lok Sabha in January. The Bill, though, was not tabled in the Rajya Sabha.

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