Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet to resolve border row
Though the meeting was informal, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hoped it would pave the way for a formal meeting in the near future.
Though the meeting was informal, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hoped it would pave the way for a formal meeting in the near future.
Without naming the first prime minister of India directly, Scindia said some issues originated from the Congress rule in the past.
The northeast states will differentiate between problematic and non-problematic areas.
Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also meets his Russian counterpart.
Though no fresh incident has since then happened along the 164.6-km inter-state border between Assam and Mizoram, tension has been prevailing, and no "normal" movement of people and vehicles has taken place between the two northeastern states in the past week.
Assam officials claimed that a large number of people from Mizoram attacked them, injuring 16, six km inside the state, while Mizoram officials claimed that people from Assam damaged a vehicle in which a Mizo couple was travelling to the state.
The Assam Chief Minister, during the ongoing Assembly session, said that 1,777 hectares of land in the three districts bordering Mizoram have been encroached by Mizos.
