GUWAHATI
The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) has urged Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu not to “perpetuate prejudices” against the Chakma and Hajong communities by terming them ineligible for settlement in Arunachal Pradesh and proposing their relocation across India.
Addressing a National Panchayati Raj Day event in the State’s capital Itanagar on April 24, the Chief Minister declared that after resolving the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary dispute, he would settle the Chakma-Hajong problem by distributing them in different States of India. He also said that as refugees, the two communities cannot be permanently settled in the tribal State.