Teachers associations of Delhi: Statement on violence against people from the North East

Press Release on continuing violence against people of the North East

Coordination Committee of Associations of Teachers in Delhi (CCATD) takes serious note of the continuing violence against the people, especially students and youths, from India’s Northeast residing in different parts of the country, particularly in metropolitan cities like, Bangalore and Delhi. Such racist violence is bound to be detrimental to the interest of the nation and its democratic and multicultural fabric. The idea of India is based on the motto `Unity in Diversity’.

     CCATD calls upon the concerned authorities – Central, State and local bodies – to take stringent actions against the perpetrators of such violence which is erupting with greater frequency so that such wanton acts of violence do not take place. It appeals to the members of the civil society and all the democratic forces in the country to stand up against such violence. There is an urgent need to sensitize the police and the civil administration so that they react quickly and without any bias. There is a need to raise the consciousness of all people to greater tolerance towards each other. It also further calls upon the Government of India to legislate an appropriate anti-racist law to deal with such violence.

     CCATD also shares the anguish and extends solidarity to the victims of such racist violence. Keeping with its ethos, CCATD shall extend its cooperation and solidarity to all those forces which have been fighting against such discriminatory and racist violence. 

Prof. Arun Kumar.                                                   Prof. Manpreet Kang
President, CCATD                                                    Secretary, CCATD.
9910237492                                                                    9818137477

Names, email IDs and Tele nos. of the office bearers of Members of CCATD, Delhi
1. Manpreet Kang, President, IPUTA manpreetkang.ipu@gmail.com 9818137477
2. Anuj Kumar Vaksha, Secretary, IPUTA anujvaksha@yahoo.com 9911235615
3. Nandita Narain, President, DUTA nanditanarain@gmail.com 9810261909
4. Harish Khanna, Secretary, DUTA harishkhanna93@yahoo.com 9810015641
5. B S Saraswat, President, IGNOUTA bssaraswat@ignou.ac.in 9868280488
6. Poonam Bhushan, Secretary, IGNOUTA poonambhushan14@gmail.com 9013575877
7. Badshah Alam, President, JTA badshah1963@yahoo.com 9868724666
8. M S Bhatt, Secretary, JTA ab1sul2@yahoo.com 9911243045
9. Mahmooduz Zafar, President, HUTA m_zafar.envbot@yahoo.co.in 9811860787
10. Anup Dhar, President, AUDFA anup@aud.ac.in 9818883657
11. Dhiraj Kumar Nite, Secretary AUDFA, dhiraj@aud.ac.in 9013141014
12. Dipendra Nath Das, Secretary, JNUTA dipendra02@gmail.com 9868476612
13. Arun Kumar, President, JNUTA nuramarku@gmail.com 9910237492

AUDFA Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association
DUTA Delhi University Teachers’ Association
HUTA Hamdard University Teachers’ Association
IGNOUTA Indira Gandhi National Open University Teachers’ Association
IPUTA Indraprastha University Teachers Association
JTA Jamia Teachers’ Association
JNUTA JNU Teachers’ Association

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