Guwahati, Jul 26 (UNI) The inter state border dispute between Mizoram and Assam, has turned into
a full scale war of words between two governments with each side alleging other of transgressing
into their territory.
Both Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga
sought Home Minister Amit Shah's intervention to solve the dispute.
Mr Shah was on a two-day visit to Meghalaya during the weekend where he held a closed-door meeting with chief ministers of the northeast states on inter state border issues.
Amid worsening situation two chief minister got involved in heated exchange of words in social
media with Mizoram CM Zoramthanga on Twitter showed police trying to stop a clash among
men armed with sticks. In reply to the tweet, Assam Police said miscreants from Mizoram were indulging in stone-pelting and attacking Assam government officials stationed at Lailapur to
protect Assam's land from encroachment.
In reply, Sarma shared a clipping and said a superintendent of police from Mizoram was asking Assam’s officials to withdraw from their post, failing which civilians from the neighbouring state
would not stop the violence. He too sought immediate intervention of Shah and the Prime
Minister’s Office (PMO). “How can we run government in such circumstances?” Sarma wrote.
Zoramthanga shared another video with which he wrote that an innocent couple were
“manhandled and ransacked by thugs and goons” on their way back to Mizoram via Cachar
in Assam. “How are you going to justify these violent acts?” he wrote.
During the meeting with Shah, Zoramthanga said border disputes in the northeast are a legacy
of the colonial era and lasting peace between states is important for further development of the
region.
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