HANM opposed to changing of India to Bharat

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Sept 15: The Hynniewtrep National Achik Movement (HANM) today informed that it will write to all three Member of Parliament (MP) of the state to oppose the move of the central government under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to change the name of India to Bharat.

 

Speaking to media persons, HNAM president Lamphrang Kharbani alleged that the motive of the central government to change the name of India to Bharat is to impose one religion in the country which is against the constitution of the country.

 

Kharbani said that such an idea to change the name to Bharat also indicates that the BJP-led government disregard the people who are not familiar with the party ideologies like language, religion, practice and customs.

 

He added that the intention of the BJP government to rename India to Bharat is unacceptable and the HANM and the people of Meghalaya strongly oppose this since India is a diverse nation formed by nearly 500 kingdoms including the Khasi States.

 

“The HANM strongly opposed the renaming of India to Bharat and we also urged our MPs to oppose this in the parliament” said Kahrbani.

 

Kharbani said that if the BJP-led government decides to go ahead with renaming India to Bharat, then it will clearly show that the party does not respect the kingdom that was formed to make India and this might lead to mass protests all over the country including in Meghalaya.

Govt to advertise police recruitment soon

Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong today said the government will soon advertise another 1500 posts for recruitment in the police department.

“We are going to again advertise for another 1500 manpower which is required in the police department alone,” Tynsong told reporters.

He said the process of recruitment will start very soon and the government will ensure that such vacancies are filled up within this year itself.

Earlier, Tynsong informed that the personal interview for over 1000 plus vacant posts will be held within the next 3-4 days.