The attack has put paid to any further dialogue on the two core issues as the peaceful protest with a hunger strike was hijacked by a selected few that had political interests to do so.
While the CM was having a peaceful meeting with representatives of ACHIK and GHSMC at the CMO Tura, an unruly mob started pelting stones at the police and his office, resulting in injuries to several police personnel.
The meeting, aimed at addressing the demands of the protesting civil bodies, took a tumultuous turn when a group of agitated vested interest individuals in the crowd resorted to pelting stones at the CMO building and security personnel, and attempted to break open the gate on Monday evening.
The Civil Society groups led by ACHIK that included GHSMC and others have been on indefinite hunger strike for two weeks in Tura, West Garo Hills, demanding the establishment of winter capital in Tura and retrospective implementation of the roster system/ backlog policy.
The meeting attended by Assam's Agriculture Minister Atul Bora and Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong to discuss way forward in solving the long pending border of the two states.
CoTU had earlier served a 48-hour ultimatum to the Central government to book all the culprits involved in the parading of the Kuki-Zo women naked and repeatedly molested before committing the heinous crime of gang-raped on May 4.
The scale of the violence in Manipur and attacks on women, witnessed from a leaked video that targeted women, which has shaken the conscience of India has also shocked the people of Garo Hills.
But the primary reason for the minister’s decision to beat a hasty retreat appears to have been the condemnation and protests against her recent statement on the demand for winter capital in Tura.
