Not an inch land of Assam will be parted with Indo-Naga peace process: Sonowal
Guwahati, Oct 30 (IBNS): Amid fear whether Assam will lose huge parts of its land to proposed Nagalim, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday clarified that, not an inch of Assam’s land will be parted with it and the integrity of the state will be protected at any cost.
Recently, BJP’s Assam unit president Ranjit Kumar Das said that, the dispute areas of Assam-Nagaland border will be included in the proposed Nagalim.
Refuting the comment of the state BJP unit president, Sonowal said that, not an inch of state’s land will be parted with it.
"The state government will protect the integrity of the state," Sonowal said.
NSCN-IM's Nagalim claim has triggered massive protests across the state and several organisations have demanded to both Centre and state government to make public the framework agreement signed between the Centre and NSCN-IM in New Delhi two years back in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, NSCN-IM's General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah.
Opposition Congress has demanded a special assembly session to discuss the issue.
According to the reports of Assam government, Nagaland had allegedly encroached over 66,000 hectares Assam's land.
In 1988, the Assam government had filed a case before the Supreme Court over the Assam-Nagaland border dispute and the case is yet to be solved.
Recently, the Centre appointed interlocutor RN Ravi visited Dimapur and held discussion with six Naga political parties group ahead of the final settlement with NSCN-IM.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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