ITANAGAR, Nov 1: Indigenous Faith and Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP) has condemned the statement made by State President -National People’s Party (NPP) cum MLA- Mutchu Mithi on social media in which he wrote that the Anti-Conversion Law (Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978) of being “malicious, targeted & bigoted against a specific faith, the Christian Faith”.
Mithi, in his social media statement also asserted that, he will take up the matter in the state assembly whenever possible to scrap the Act.
The IFCSAP said that “Mithi, being a regional party member, should instead support the Act for the interest of preserving and protecting the tradition, culture, languages and faiths of the regional ethnic groups.”
“It seems that Mithi has no respect for the regional ethnic groups or even for the Indian Constitution. The Act was passed in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and also received the assent of the President of India on October 25, 1978,” stated a release from IFCSAP .
Meanwhile, reacting to  the press statement by  IFCSAP, Mithi stated ‘“I welcome opinions based on one’s own set of wisdom. At the same juncture, we are firm in our views that divisions have been sowed in the ground via a divisive law, a law intentionally lopsided, disproportionately against a certain religion and against the spirit of our constitutional framers intent."
There is no reason for me to retrospect or think otherwise and nor have my opinions changed”, stated the state NPP President.

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