Amit Shah described the signing of the Assam - Meghalaya 'boundary dispute' agreement as a “historic day” for the northeast on Twitter.
Digital Desk: In a historic move, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma entered into an agreement in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 29) in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to wrap up the 50-year-old border dispute between the two northeastern states.
“I’d like to thank Amit Shah for guiding us in the right direction in resolving the border dispute. The first phase of the resolution is now complete. It could only have happened because of Himanta Biswa Sarma,” Sangma stated after signing the contract.
Previously, he stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah had made “a lot of push” to fix the differences between the two states.
“If India and Bangladesh can fix their border issues, why can’t the two neighbouring states?” he said.
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Meanwhile, Amit Shah described the signing of the interstate boundary agreement as a “historic day” for the northeast on Twitter.
“A 50-year-old delayed boundary dispute between Assam and Meghalaya was settled today. Six of the twelve points of conflict have been resolved, accounting for nearly 70% of the total boundary. The remaining six points will be resolved soon,” Shah said, according to news agency ANI.
The long-running border dispute began in 1972 when Meghalaya was formed from Assam. The border issues arise due to conflicting interpretations of the demarcation of boundaries in the initial agreement for the formation of the new state.
The two CMs reportedly had a final round of talks with the MHA before signing the agreement.
On January 31, the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya submitted a draft resolution to Shah for evaluation and consideration by the MHA. The governments of Assam and Meghalaya had proposed a draft resolution to settle their border disputes in six of the 12 “areas of difference” along the 884-kilometer border.
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