Rahul Anand Singh addresses the news meet in Imphal on Sunday.
Imphal, May 18: A New Delhi-based
organisation, Fight 4 Your Pride, has embarked on a tour of the
Northeast to unite all the students’ organisations of the region against
racial discrimination against people from the region.
A nine-member team of the organisation is
currently in Imphal and will hold a formal meeting with students’
organisations of the state on Tuesday to chalk out strategies to tackle
the issue of racial discrimination.
Representatives of the North East Students Organisation will attend the meeting.
“We came here to reassure the people of
the Northeast that they are not alone in the fight against
discrimination. We also want to understand the situation and join hands
to fight for our pride,” founder-director of the non-profit making
organisation, Rahul Anand Singh, said.
Singh said the organisation was launched in 2010 to provide a platform for victims of racial discrimination.
“It is a small organisation with committed
people. Profit is not our motive. We want to stop discrimination
against Indians in India,” he said.
People from the region are also members of the organisation.
“Our country has enough laws, but the laws
are not effectively enforced. It is because of this reason that
discrimination continues to be a serious social problem in the country.
Our organisation works to ensure that there are enough examples of
punishments that can act as a deterrent to committing such crimes,”
Singh said.
The team began their tour on May 1 from
Delhi in a mini-bus, which is covered with pictures of protests against
racial discrimination in the recent past.
They also took along festoons carrying
pictures of victims of racial discrimination, including that of Nido
Tania, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, who was killed in New Delhi.
The team arrived in Imphal on May 12.
After Manipur, the team plans to visit
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram as part of the
campaign. A Delhi-based businessman is funding the trip, Singh said.
Singh said the organisation is planning to open its office in Imphal.
The team expressed happiness at the steps taken by the Delhi government to check discrimination against northeasterners.
It, however, felt that Delhi police should act immediately on getting reports of such cases.
Singh, however, said the elimination of
racial discrimination was not an easy task. It required joint efforts by
the government and people.
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They also took along festoons carrying pictures of victims of racial discrimination, including that of Nido Tania, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, who was killed in New Delhi.
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