BJP M Kharkrang says August 13, 2021 a spot on Meghalaya

Shillong: Former police officer and BJP candidate from North Shillong M Kharkrang asserted that August 13, 2021 was a blot on the face of Meghalaya.

Addressing a conference in north Shillong on August 13, Kharkrang recalled that a group of youths stormed a police unit after which the police fled leaving behind weapons and the youths roamed the streets of Shillong at gunpoint.
Talking about non-tribals, Kharkrang said that many non-tribals are the third generation of their families and have been living here since their grandparents’ time, but they are still treated as second-class citizens.

Kharkrang said a constable died fighting militancy in Meghalaya and laid down his life for the state, but his children were treated as second class.
“The same people who ask you for votes with folded hands curse you and say words which are not meant to be said when they go to certain areas,” he lamented in Meghalaya. Non-tribals are considered thugs irrespective of the community they belong to.

“The parties that beg for your votes in certain areas are the ones who say that when they come to power, they will ensure that the Dkhras (outsiders) are removed,” he said. They said.
He said that he stood by the non-tribals and every citizen of Meghalaya during militancy and would continue to do so.
Admitting that non-tribals do not dare to speak out because they take care of their families, he said that 99 per cent of the Khasi community has no wrongdoing.