The women groups are protesting against Mr Lanong's refusal to 'apologize' for his 'venomous vipers' remark which has prompted them to boycott the International Women's Day celebrations.
''We will launch our signature campaign against Mr Lanong's unwarranted remarks against the fairer sex,'' Jaintia Youth Federation (Women's Wing) chairperson, Mary Anne Pohshna, told reporters here.
Apart from the signature campaign, the women's group would wear 'black flags' during the Women's day.
Mr Lanong reportedly called some women right activists 'venomous vipers' in a press conference held last Friday.
''These women are against everything, they are like venomous vipers,'' he had stated.
The deputy chief minister was reacting to an article written by a local English daily editor in which he was criticized for claiming there was 'no oppression of women in Meghalaya,' at a regional level conference on women's rights organized by the National Commission for Women here last month.
The women right activists further threatened libel suit for his 'venomous viper' remark against women, if he didn't apologize. They also demanded Lanong withdraw his statement that there was 'no oppression' of women in the state.
However, Mr Lanong denied making any statement calling the women right activists 'venomous vipers'.
''This is nothing but falsity, he (Lanong) should verify facts and figures,'' another activists suggested.
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