Itanagar, June 1 -- The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' union (AAPSU) has firmly rejected the stance of the Assam-based Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) opposing the application of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to members of the Mising community in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the ILP is a "non-negotiable" constitutional and legal safeguard that applies uniformly to all non-Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (non-APST) individuals.
Responding to TMPK's recent statement, AAPSU president Meje Taku said the union respects the historical and cultural ties shared by the Mising community with several indigenous tribes of Arunachal Pradesh.
However, he maintained that such ties cannot serve as grounds for exemption from the legal framew...