Guwahati, Jan 18: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held interactions with the representatives of political parties and students’ organizations to discuss on the longstanding inter-state border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya and solicit their views on the steps taken by the governments of both the states to settle differences through consultations in two separate meetings held at No. 1 State Guest House, Koinadhara in Guwahati on Tuesday.
While the interaction with political parties was attended by representatives of Congress, CPI(M), BJP, AGP, AIUDF, BPF, UPPL, the interaction with students’ organizations was attended by members of AASU, ABSU, ARSU, AAGSU, GSU. CEM of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council Tankeswar Rabha was also present in the second meeting.
As part of our endeavour to bring a permanent and lasting solution to the decades-old border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya, we held an interaction with representatives of AASU and organisations of Rabha, Gorkha, Garo and Bodo communities living in 6 areas of difference. pic.twitter.com/3jDKMu8hLS
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 18, 2022
In the interaction with the political parties, the Chief Minister said that the inter-state border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya is a five decade old problem. The state government aims to bring a lasting solution to this issue in an amicable way through consultations.
Our efforts to resolve Assam-Meghalaya border row have started bearing fruits as 6 of the 12 areas of difference have been identified for resolution in the first phase.
During an interaction, briefed representatives of all political parties on the progress made so far. pic.twitter.com/Uy8LPtTSgg
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 18, 2022
Sarma informed that three Regional Committees with representatives from both the states headed by one Cabinet Minister and local MLA as member along others were constituted. Based on the recommendations of the Regional Committees and several rounds of Chief Minister level discussions, a roadmap has been prepared to bring full and final settlement to the inter-state border dispute in six out of 12 areas of difference.
While taking part in the discussion, Leader of the Opposition and Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia, CPI(M) MLA Manoranjan Talukdar, AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, BPF MLA Durga Das Bodo, AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita, BJP leader Jayanta Das shared their views.
