IT News
Imphal, July 13:
The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) which comprises of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF), All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Garo Students’ Union (GSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) representing eight major students movement in the seven North Eastern states, had submitted a memorandum to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah stating their anguish on the very crucial issue of the inter state boundary dispute involving the states of Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
The memorandum stated that the issue has been lingering on for far too long where tension and conflict crop up time and again without any resolve and solution resulting not only in the immense hardship and suffering for the people residing in these disputed border areas but even to the extent of losing human precious lives.
Even though NESO has been striving for people’s to people’s contact in these areas and also has been urging the respective state governments to solve this vital issue but unfortunately till date nothing concrete has been reached at between the respective state governments.
In this context, NESO urged for urgent intervention in the matter by playing a constructive role to bring about a lasting solution to this critical problem.
NESO in the memorandum stated that various agreements were reached at between the respective state governments to maintain a status quo in the disputed areas but these agreements were time and again not honoured resulting to tension and damage of people’s property living in these areas. The respective state governments should honour their own commitments and maintain a status quo and all the recent advances or encroachments made are to be withdrawn so as to bring the situation back to normalcy till a clear and acceptable solution is arrived at, the NESO said and added that many of these disputed areas are being occupied by the illegal migrants from Bangladesh posing a threat not only to the demography but also to the security of the region.
