Ahmedabad hotel story peeves Nagaland Speaker - Discrimination of NE people : Sazo
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India
Kohima, September 23 2014:
Nagaland Assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo Tuesday expressed displeasure over reports that people of the North Eastern region were allegedly asked to stay away from the hotel where Chinese president Xi Jinping stayed during his stay in Ahmedabad last week.
"It is very unfortunate to learn about such discrimination and segregation of the North East people," Sazo said.
The authorities had ordered workers of the hotel from the North East region "not to come for work" during Jinping's stay.
The Speaker also regretted the alleged exclusion of Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju's name from the list of delegation to meet the Chinese President.
"If the Union Minister is discriminated in such a manner, how will the common men be treated," he said, adding, the people of the region should "strongly protest" such act.
"East, West, South or North we are all Indians.
Our colours may be different but we should stand for unity in diversity," Sazo said.
The Home Ministry yesterday directed the Intelligence Bureau to find out the veracity of the hotel authorities' 'order' and, if so, who issued it and why.
Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had said, "It is an insult to the North East.
They doubted us as if we are not patriots.
Are we not citizens of India ? This is not good for the region" .
The police and the hotel authority had earlier denied that they issued any such directives to the employees of the hotel from the North East during the visit of Xi Jinping.
The Joint Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad, AK Sharma too had stated that he was not aware of any such directives to the hotel authorities about their staff and added that they were just concerned about the Tibetans.