Staff Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Sep 25 : Chief Minister Pema Khandu has convened a high-level meeting with representatives of the All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) on September 26, following the students’ body’s 12-hour bandh in the Itanagar Capital Region and its announcement of a subsequent 48-hour shutdown across seven Nyishi-inhabited districts including ICR from September 28.
According to a circular issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, the meeting will be held on September 26 at the Conference Hall of CMO-II, Niti Vihar, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pema Khandu.
The meeting comes amid an escalation in the ANSU-government standoff over education-related demands. ANSU observed a 12-hour bandh in the Capital Region on September 24, pressing for action on education infrastructure and other issues. The union subsequently announced a 48-hour bandh from September 28 if its demands remain unresolved.
The CMO circular lists a broad group of ministers, MLAs, advisers and representatives of the Nyishi Elite Society (NES) and ANSU for the meeting.
Those named include Home Minister Mama Natung, Education Minister P.D. Sona, Health Minister Biyuram Wahge and UD Minister Balo Raja, along with several MLAs and advisers. Representatives of both NES and ANSU have also been invited.
ANSU’s agitation has centred on several education-related demands, including renovation, restoration and upgradation of 56 identified government schools, establishment of a special-needs school in Pakke Kessang, development of the Government Engineering College at Toru, and issues concerning Neelam Taram Government College at Yachuli.
The union has also raised concerns regarding education infrastructure and deployment of teachers.
Following the September 24 bandh, ANSU president Ashok Doka announced that the organisation would proceed with a 48-hour bandh from September 28 across seven Nyishi-inhabited districts if its concerns were not addressed.
Earlier, Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in his reaction to the agitation, said that education remains a priority for the state government. He has also stated that several of ANSU’s demands had already been conceptualised or addressed by the government and attributed the continuing disagreement partly to a communication gap between the government and the students’ body. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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