The shutdown, from 12pm-1 pm will begin from June 11, leader of the breakaway faction of the ANVC, Rimpu Marak said in a media release at Tura.
The stir, asking to down shutters of establishments, was announced "as a means to unite the 24 legislators of Garo Hills, irrespective of their political affiliation to look into the power and water crisis looming large in the three districts of Garo Hills," he said.
Legislators from the Garo Hills are "politically divided" and are more concerned about their political mileage while the needs of the people are being ignored, Marak said.
"This is shameful, as we, the people, who elected them suffer and had to go through all kinds of difficulties," the leader said.
Appealing to the citizens to extend their cooperation in a protest, Marak said his group would intensify the agitation "until the MLAs unite and jointly look into the woes of their areas and Garo Hills as a whole."
Marak is a leader of the ANVC(B), a breakaway faction of the ANVC militant group, which is observing a tri-partite cease-fire agreement with the Centre and the state government.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had said that the signing of the 2004 ceasefire agreement with the militant outfit was a "mistake" without taking into confidence all its cadre.
Mukul said the tripartite suspension of operations (SoO) agreement was signed without realizing the fact that there was an armed group within the ANVC, working independently.