Statues of Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had been allegedly vandalised, and at the least two authorities automobiles had been torched on Wednesday throughout a motorcycle rally organised by the Khasi College students’ Union (KSU) right here, police stated.
The rally handed by way of varied elements of Shillong, throughout which a number of automobiles had been attacked and partially broken, whereas at the least two authorities automobiles had been set ablaze, officers stated.
Statues of Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, erected at a colony, had been additionally vandalised.
The rally was a part of the KSU’s ongoing agitation over a five-point constitution of calls for, together with implementation of the Meghalaya Residents Security and Safety Act, reforms in recruitment by way of the Meghalaya Public Service Fee and District Choice Committees (DSCs), and stricter regulation of migrant staff.
The influential pupil physique has additionally raised points regarding hiring of nurses on the North Japanese Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Well being and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and demanded adjustments within the recruitment course of.
The KSU has individually been opposing the style by which the general public listening to for Shree Cement Ltd’s proposed limestone mining undertaking at Lum Syrman in East Jaintia Hills was performed and has demanded that the proceedings be declared null and void.
The union had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the state authorities. Later, it introduced a black-flag bike rally throughout Shillong, claiming that its calls for had not been addressed.
Through the day, KSU members reached the primary gate of the Meghalaya Secretariat and put up flags as a part of the protest. The flags had been eliminated by police personnel.
The statue of Swami Vivekananda and Netaji on the Reduction and Rehabilitation Colony, which was established for individuals who fled erstwhile East Pakistan within the Sixties, had been additionally vandalised throughout the rally, officers stated.
Police and safety personnel had been deployed in several elements of town following the incidents, and additional particulars on the extent of injury and any arrests had been awaited.
