GUWAHATI: The Government of Meghalaya is most likely to take up the long-pending Inter-state border issue with Assam after the 2021 Assam General elections.
Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong stated, while it is impossible to discuss the issue with Assam before the elections, the state will definitely take up the issue with the new Assam Government.
The development comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement asking all Northeastern states to resolve their inter-state boundary issue.
Prestone also said that the statement made by the Union Home Minister shows the centre’s concern on the ongoing dispute and difference going on between the northeastern states.
“A number of northeastern states do have the interstate boundary issue and Meghalaya is one of them. This is the first time that a Union Home Minister has shown concern regarding the inter state boundary dispute. Through the statement, he has appealed the respective state governments to sit down in a table and resolve the boundary disputes. He has encouraged all for a permanent solution,” said Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong.
“We welcome the statement made by the Honourable Union Minister and maybe in the month of April or May general elections in Assam is going to end. So, after the elections are over and after the new government is formed in Assam we will discuss the matter,” Tynsong added.
