Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju said today people should perform their responsibilities if they want to claim their rights. <br/><br/>Addressing students at the Mega Arunachal Tribal Festival at the U SoSo Tham auditorium in Shillong, Mr. Rijiju said, within the Northeast there shouldn't be discrimination or the people would not have claim to the right if they are discriminating. <br/><br/>Terming racial discrimination as a "mental illness and the worst form of crime" he said, there would be now provisions in the Indian penal code to take "strong punitive action" against those who discriminates racially. <br/><br/>On the large number of organizations and associations, he said, any State having such organizations in large number indicates the State Government has failed in discharging its responsibilities and duties.<br/><br/>He also informed that the Central Government is taking steps to create awareness of the region and from next year all the text books right from nursery to the Ph.D level the CBSE and the UGC syllabus would have chapters on the Northeast.