{"id":46242,"date":"2018-09-22T01:50:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=46242"},"modified":"2018-09-22T01:50:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:20:32","slug":"aapsu-demands-formation-of-study-group-on-apst-status-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/09\/22\/aapsu-demands-formation-of-study-group-on-apst-status-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPSU demands formation of study group on APST status issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Sep 21:<\/strong> The All Arunachal Pradesh Students&#8217; Union (AAPSU), which has been pursuing the issue of offspring of non-APST fathers and APST mothers enjoying APST status and other benefits, has demanded that the state government immediately constitute an &#8217;empowered study group&#8217; to look into the issue.<br \/>\nIn a memorandum to the chief minister, the AAPSU on Friday demanded introduction of a stringent legislation in the state assembly in the coming assembly session on the issue, &#8220;or an ordinance by way of a cabinet sitting immediately.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt also demanded that marriage registration should be made compulsory for all APST women marrying non-locals.<br \/>\nThe AAPSU said there are numerous cases of offspring of non-APST fathers and APST mothers availing APST and other benefits meant exclusively for the indigenous communities of Arunachal Pradesh.<br \/>\nThe union informed the chief minister that non-locals, after marrying APST women, purchase movable and immovable assets in their wives&#8217; names.<br \/>\n&#8220;These wives surprisingly never change and adopt their husbands&#8217; surname. In some cases, their sons\/daughters again tie their nuptial knots with the locals. The entire properties are transferred to their APST daughter-in-law\/son-in-law. This vicious circle has been going on in numerous parts of the state,&#8221; the AAPSU said.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ours is a protected state with almost cent percent tribal population. One is entitled to APST status by birth, which cannot be diluted due to marriage with a non-APST or by way of conversion of religion. However, that does not entail that son\/daughter born to an APST mother and a non-APST shall be eligible for APST and other rights at par with the indigenous tribes of the state,&#8221; the AAPSU said.<br \/>\n&#8220;There is an urgent need for a concrete mechanism to tackle this growing menace, which is slowly destabilizing the socio-cultural fabric of Arunachal Pradesh,&#8221; it said.<br \/>\nThe AAPSU said that the empowered study group would also study the quantum of punishment to be fixed for those issuing APST certificates to such individuals &#8220;and other important issues related to the subject matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Sep 21: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students&#8217; Union (AAPSU), which has been pursuing the issue of offspring of non-APST fathers and APST mothers enjoying APST status and other benefits, has demanded that the state government immediately constitute an &#8217;empowered study group&#8217; to look into the issue. In a memorandum to the chief minister, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}