SHILLONG, AUG 4: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said the ball is in the Central government’s court to implement the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya and inclusion of Khasi and Garo languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.

Sangma told reporters that the state government had done its part by passing official resolutions in the House while reacting to a recent protest staged by the opposition All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and its failure to push for the demand of ILP.

“Beyond that now as I said the entire ball is in the court of the central government,” he said while asserting that “we are pursuing with them and we are pushing and we need to continue lobbying and working with the government of India on both the matters (ILP & language issue).”