Overview

• Sit-ins on August 18 were held simultaneously across all northeastern state capitals under NESO, including AASU in Guwahati, KSU in Shillong, MZP in Aizawl, NSF in Kohima and TSF in Agartala.
• Memoranda to the prime minister, home minister and state chief ministers seek a special commission to revise electoral rolls, exclusion of the Northeast from the CAA, an updated NRC and extension of the ILP.
• NESO reiterates calls for detection and deportation of undocumented migrants and for sealing and tightening surveillance along the India–Bangladesh border.
• The Khasi Students’ Union says it will intensify ILP-style checks and local vigilance in Meghalaya, citing government inaction, as NESO prepares its next steps.
• Tensions escalated after an August 15 attack in Assam’s Barak Valley left two Khasi villagers critically injured, with an FIR filed and treatment continuing at Silchar Medical College and Hospital.