Staff Reporter

ITANAGAR, 18 Oct: Thousands of Indigenous faiths’ believers on Saturday took out a peaceful march themed ‘Chalo Itanagar’, organized by the Indigenous Faith & Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP), demanding immediate framing and implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA) 1978.

Indigenous faiths’ believers from Tawang to Longding joined the march, as the IFCSAP renewed its longstanding demand for immediate framing of rules and implementation of the APFRA.

The APFRA has been a focal point for both indigenous faiths’ believers and the Christian community ever since the Act was enacted in 1978. The Christians say that the Act is against the principles of secularism enshrined in the Indian Constitution, while the IFCSAP argues that the A

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