Itanagar, May 31:
Tilak Doley, President of the Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK), has stated that while the Mising community supports the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Arunachal Pradesh for the protection of indigenous tribal identity, it cannot accept the application of the ILP regime to the community.
In a statement shared on social media, Doley said TMPK has always supported the safeguarding of indigenous communities. However, he maintained that the Mising people should not be treated in the same manner as outsiders for the purpose of ILP implementation, citing historical and long-standing socio-cultural ties with Arunachal Pradesh.
He said demands to bring the Mising community under the ILP regime overlook the historical relationship between the Mising people and Arunachal Pradesh. Doley noted that the Mising, Nyishi, Adi, Galo, Apatani and Tagin communities broadly belong to the Tibeto-Burman ethnolinguistic family and have shared historical and cultural connections. He also pointed out that members of the Mising community continue to reside in districts such as East Siang, Lower Siang, Namsai and Papum Pare.
According to Doley, the Mising people maintained deep-rooted links with Arunachal Pradesh even before the introduction of the ILP system by the British administration, making demands to apply ILP to the community unnecessary and unfortunate.
He also opposed resistance to granting Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) to Mising residents of Arunachal Pradesh and described attempts to impose ILP on the community as regrettable.
“The Mising people are not seeking to assert dominance or demand special privileges in Arunachal Pradesh. However, based on historical context and long-standing ties, we cannot accept the application of ILP to the Mising community,” Doley said.
