Itanagar, March 9 -- The Arunachal Indigenous Tribes' Forum (AITF) has appealed to people to restrain themselves, amid prevailing tension over the framing of rules under a state's law relating to the freedom of religion.
AITF, an apex body of organisations of indigenous tribes, claimed that protests, including hunger strikes by members of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) and rallies by the Indigenous Faith and Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP) recently, threaten peace and development in the state.
The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978, has been a contentious issue, particularly among Christian groups. The IFCSAP and the state government argue that the law is crucial to preserving indigenous culture an...