Twitter 'storm' to add NE chapters in textbooks

The North East Students' Organization has appealed to all the Chief Ministers of Northeast and the student community to resort to a Twitter storm between 6 pm to 8 pm on Friday (June 4, 2021), demanding the inclusion of chapters about India's Northeast in the NCERT textbooks.

Guwahati: The North East Students' Organization has appealed to all the Chief Ministers of Northeast and the student community to resort to a Twitter storm between 6 pm to 8 pm on Friday (June 4, 2021), demanding the inclusion of chapters about India's Northeast in the NCERT textbooks.

The microblogging site will be stormed by the students of the Northeast to appeal to the government to make arrangements for including chapters about the region in NCERT textbooks so that the racial bias against the people of the region can be removed from the minds of the people elsewhere in the country.

The two Twitter hashtags - #AchapterforNE and #NortheastMatters, have been created for the upcoming Twitter storm.

The Twitter storm was planed after the recent incident of racial bias against the people of the Northeast where a Youtuber from Ludhiana termed a sitting Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering as "one who does not look like an Indian".

The Youtuber was arrested by the police and brought to Arunachal Pradesh for questioning.

The students' body has also demanded to include chapters about the stories of patriotism of the people of the region in the NCERT textbooks, which they believe will play a major role in removing the racial bias.

Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering while talking to ETV Bharat has also appealed to the Chief Ministers of the Northeastern states to take part in the Twitter storm so that it catches the attention of the lawmakers at the highest level.