Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today asked youths from Arunachal Pradesh to opt for a 'Pan Arunachal' identity instead of one related to clan or community to create an image of the state in the world outside.
"If we can create our own brand to market our state to the outside world, there will be no racial discrimination of our people in other parts of the country.
"Simply blaming others will not help. We must create popularity of our state so that people from other parts know our rich diverse culture and tradition," he said while addressing the 11th inter-college youth festival at Rajiv Gandhi University, near here.
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"My concern is for the state's future. We are still in search of identity based on clan and community instead of Pan Arunachal identity. Our society is not monotonous. We are a conglomeration of cultural mosaic and with this brand we have to make our state popular in the country," he said.
He criticised political leaders in the state saying they use the youth force during elections with money power for which youths do not want to struggle in life.
"We are lacking in cohesiveness to make our youths more active," he said and lamented that their energy has been misused by a certain section of the people for their vested interest.
Rijiju asked the youths to respect dignity of labour and they should make efforts to contribute to the state's development.
Criticising the political leaders of the state for wasting time in amusement and playing cards till late night, he said they should devote their entire time for the people.
"Despite abundant natural resources, the state is still lagging behind due to certain lacunae in us in managing our resources which will have an adverse effect in the future," he added.
He assured to take care of the immediate pressing needs of the state's lone central university and said the voice of Arunachal Pradesh cannot be crushed in Parliament as long as he remained as the MP and he would leave no stone unturned to raise the state's issues.
