NE girl alleges
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy Times of India
Imphal, November 04 2016:
Discrimination against North Eastern people is not news to people in New Delhi.
And it has happened again.
A girl from Arunachal Pradesh named Niyang Pertin claimed that she, along with some of her friends, was discriminated against at old Delhi's Jama Masjid on Wednesday.
Three men at Masjid's gate number 7, she alleged, asked them to pay Rs 300 to carry their phones inside, while others around her openly took their cell phones inside without anyone blinking an eye.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, retweeted the video in which she narrated her experience, and assured Niyang that he will personally follow the incident.
"Despite Home Ministry taking various steps to stop discrimination against the North-East people this still happened! I will follow it up," Rijiju tweeted.
Twitterati spoke unanimously against the discrimination meted out to the girl and messages of support and call for immediate action poured in.