Sonowal takes up Delhi Golf Club row with Rijiju
It may be noted that honorary adviser to the department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Assam Dr. Nibedita Borthakur Sondhi on Wednesday met Chief Minister Sonowal and narrated him the incident of how the Delhi Golf Club denied entry to Tailin Lyndoh on the pretext of her traditional dress.
Immediately after getting the on-spot description of the alleged incident, Sonowal called up Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and asked for exemplary punishment to Delhi Golf Club over the incident.
Expressing his anguish, Sonowal while discussing the incident with Rijiju, termed the incident as despicable and condemnable.
He said denying access to Delhi Golf Club and subsequent misbehaviour by the club management ‘is not only disrespect to traditional dress clad Khasi woman, it is a discriminatory attitude towards North Easterners’.
Sonowal also requested Rijiju for taking exemplary step against Delhi Golf Club so as to act as a deterrent towards such discriminatory attitude in future.
Dr. Nibedita Borthakur Sondhi also informed the Chief Minister that she would take up the matter to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe to which Sonowal assured all assistance from the Government.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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