Action against ‘Mizo aggression’ wanted, Assam Congress says on border row
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Decades-old boundary dispute between the 2 northeastern States flared up once more on January 9
The Congress in Assam has requested the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to stay as much as its 2016 promise of defending jaati (race), maati (land) and bheti (basis) by taking motion against “Mizo aggression”.
Assam’s land, the occasion mentioned on Friday, was getting squeezed because of alleged encroachment by Mizoram.
Referring to frequent violent incidents on the inter-State border with Mizoram, Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha mentioned it was time the State authorities took some robust actions to avoid wasting the State’s land.
“We are losing land to Mizoram despite this government’s promise to protect our jaati, maati and bheti. Accompanied by policemen and miscreants, students from Mizoram often raid the border villages in (southern Assam’s) Barak valley and encroach upon our land. The State government must stop this and take some firm actions,” the MLA from Barak Valley advised the 126-member House.
Sujam Uddin Laskar, one other MLA from the valley mentioned the “Mizo aggressors” reap the benefits of Assam’s laxity and perform building after encroaching upon land in Assam.
“Act before it is too late,” he mentioned.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister and authorities spokesperson Chandra Mohan Patowary mentioned the State authorities was alive to the state of affairs.
“We don’t want any confrontation but cooperation. We believe in peaceful co-existence. We had several rounds of discussions with the Mizoram government. We will sit again so the issue can be resolved amicably,” he mentioned in his reply.
The final of the incidents on a disputed stretch of the Assam-Mizoram border happened on February 9 when miscreants, allegedly from Mizoram, torched greater than 20 homes and injured at the very least 10 folks within the Kachurthal space of Hailakandi.
Earlier, two faculties inside Assam have been allegedly bombed by miscreants from the neighbouring State. Mizoram’s Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit districts share a 164.6-km border with Assam’s Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts.
Assam can also be embroiled in border disputes with Nagaland, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
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