{"id":60959,"date":"2019-02-24T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T09:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=60959"},"modified":"2019-02-24T14:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T09:13:27","slug":"1-dead-in-itanagar-violence-continues-unabated-even-as-curfew-imposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/1-dead-in-itanagar-violence-continues-unabated-even-as-curfew-imposed\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead in Itanagar, violence continues unabated even as curfew imposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

CM appeals for peace, Congress demands President\u2019s Rule <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Staff Reporter <\/strong>
\nITANAGAR, Feb 24:<\/strong> The situation in the capital continues to be highly volatile since Friday afternoon as protestors set ablaze several vehicles near the IG Park tennis court here at around 8:30 pm on Saturday even as curfew has been imposed in the capital complex region.
\nOn Saturday, the capital complex administration declared curfew within the territory of the capital area from 3 pm till 9 am on Monday. Seven companies of the army have reportedly been deployed in the capital complex, and it is understood that five more are on their way here.
\nHowever, on Sunday morning, reports came in that Deputy CM Chowna Mein\u2019s bungalow in Niti Vihar had been set ablaze by protestors. At the time of writing, a protestor was injured in police firing when they attempted to damage Chief Minister Pema Khandu\u2019s bungalow near the circuit house here – and violence continues in Itanagar and Naharlagun.
\nViolence had broken out in Naharlagun and Itanagar on Friday with protestors, who are opposing the proposal to grant permanent resident certificates (PRC) to non-APSTs, fighting pitched battles with police personnel from early afternoon till late into the night.
\nThe protestors resorted to pelting stones and shooting catapults, and the police responded by firing tear gas and blank shots. It is reported that a youth, identified as Riso Tarih (22), a native of Laying village in Kurung Kumey district, died in police firing on Friday night, while another was injured.
\nIt is learnt that the protestors have decided to bury the deceased at the tennis court near IG Park.
\nOn Friday, the offices of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students\u2019 Union and the All Nyishi Students\u2019 Union were set ablaze by groups of protestors, who later proceeded to IG Park and torched vehicles and DG sets there. Stalls at the park were destroyed, and the violence spread to the Dorjee Khandu convention centre, where several parked vehicles were set ablaze by the protestors. The state secretariat building was also under siege for a long time.
\nLate Saturday morning, speaking to journalists at his bungalow, Chief Minister Pema Khandu termed Friday\u2019s violence \u201cunfortunate.\u201d He said that as soon as he heard about the law and order disturbance in the capital, he had issued a statement on the social media, stating that the joint high power committee\u2019s (JHPC) recommendations on PRC would not be tabled in the state assembly.
\n\u201cThe previous governments tried to solve the PRC issue. The first JHPC was led by Jarbom Gamlin. The second one, under Takam Sanjoy, in its recommendations submitted in 2017 to the government clearly mentions that PRCs should be issued,\u201d Khandu said.
\nHe said, however, that the matter could not be taken up then as the recommendations contained \u201conly Sanjoy\u2019s signature and not of the other members of the JHPC.\u201d
\nThe CM said that, since the recommendations could not be relied upon, the new JHPC had to be formed, under Nabam Rebia. He said the Rebia-led committee submitted its recommendations only after several rounds of discussions had been held with the stakeholders.
\n\u201cOur intention was to further discuss in the assembly\u2019s short hour duration, and to take the views of the MLAs and the people before moving ahead,\u201d Khandu said, adding that there was a misconception that the recommendations were going to be turned into a bill.
\n\u201cThe government is always ready to have wider discussions with all the stakeholders in the near future,\u201d the CM said.
\nHe appealed to the people, especially in Naharlagun and Itanagar, to \u201cmaintain calm and unity,\u201d and gave assurance that wider consultations would be held on the PRC issue.
\n\u201cThe army has taken over now, and I appeal to the people to remain at home and not venture out in the night,\u201d Khandu said.
\n\u201cIt is sad that so many public properties and vehicles were destroyed, and that both the public and security forces were injured in the violence,\u201d he said.
\nKhandu said the government is going to order a commissioner-level inquiry into the entire incident, and initiate action as per the laws.
\nLater, in the afternoon, addressing media persons at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here, Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Takam Sanjoy offered condolences to the families of the deceased youths, and termed Friday\u2019s violence a failure of the state government.
\nHe demanded that all the cabinet ministers of the state government resign over their inability to contain the situation.
\nSanjoy, along with leader of opposition Takam Pario, further demanded that President\u2019s Rule be imposed in the state.
\nOn being asked about their opinion on granting of PRCs to the non-APST communities of Changlang and Namsai districts, while Sanjoy said he had no comment to offer, Pario said it was a matter for the government to decide.
\nThey said the Congress is going to submit a representation to the governor regarding the party\u2019s stand on the situation. (This is a developing story)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CM appeals for peace, Congress demands President\u2019s Rule Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Feb 24: The situation in the capital continues to be highly volatile since Friday afternoon as protestors set ablaze several vehicles near the IG Park tennis court here at around 8:30 pm on Saturday even as curfew has been imposed in the capital complex […]<\/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-60959","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\/60959","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=60959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}