BJP in Meghalaya urge centre to settle inter state boundary dispute with Assam

Guwahati: BJP legislators in Meghalaya has urged centre to settle inter state boundary dispute with Assam.

Assam-Meghalaya shares 885 km inter-state border. BJP has two mlas in meghalaya and is part of the ruling coalition in the state.

BJP MLA Sanbor Shullai in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated decision to resolve border disputes among the northeastern states by 2021 is a perfect step but Assam-Meghalaya border disputes must be solved at the earliest.

“There are many patches between Assam and Meghalaya where border disputes are very often causing clashes, tension and hostility among the people living in both sides of the border,” the BJP MLA said adding that people in the “disputed areas” are facing hardships.

He added, “on some occasions the Assam-Meghalaya border disputes spills over into the other parts of the state affecting lives of other people and disrupt the ethnic harmony. ”

Assam and meghalaya has as many as 12 disputed sites. There has been chief minister level and chief secretary level talks in past.