As many as four political parties in Arunachal Pradesh have filed an FIR against Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Chief Minister Pema Khandu over the Kimin controversy.
Jarjum Ete of JD-S, Gyamar Tana of Congress, Kahfa Bengia and Kaling Jeran of PPA, Ruhi Tagung of JD-U filed the FIR against Rijiju and Khandu at the Kimin Police Station.
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The FIR alleged that Khandu and Rijiju violated Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Act, Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873 and Arunachal Pradesh (Land Settlement & Record) Act.
“…old signboards and foundation stones where Kimin-Arunachal Pradesh is written were intentionally covered with a white paste by BRO (as alleged) despite objections from the locals,” the FIR read.
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The BRO came under fire after it “renamed” Kimin, a small town of Arunachal Pradesh, 75 km from Itanagar, as Bilgarh and showing it as a part of Assam.
The BRO covered Arunachal’s name with white paper during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent visit to Kimin to inaugurate roads on June 17.