Tension brews ahead of the 12-hour bandh called by three youth groups in the Capital Region on December 9, even as the district administration has declared the shutdown “illegal and unlawful”.

Local civil bodies have appealed to the youth organisations to reconsider the bandh, citing election timings and hardships to citizens.

The bandh has been jointly declared by the Indigenous Youth Force of Arunachal (IYFA), Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Youth Organisation (APIYO), and All Naharlagun Youth Organisation (ANYO) over three key demands:

• Removal of the Capital Jama Masjid at Nigam Colony, Naharlagun

• Imposition of a total ban on weekly markets in the Capital Region

• Deportation of individuals claimed to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

The organisations had earlier planned a bandh

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