Silchar: Amid tension at the Assam-Mizoram border, the Ministry of Home Affairs has called a meeting to review the situation on Monday, the Mizoram government said in a press statement.
"The State Government is actively engaging with the Government of Assam to resolve the current issues at the border areas and has also intimated the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the transgressions committed by the Government of Assam; Union Home Secretary has convened a meeting with the Chief Secretaries of Mizoram and Assam through video conference on October 19 at 11:30 AM," Mizoram government said.
In an ongoing clash between Assamese and Mizo People in the bordering district of Assam's Cachar district, more than 5 people injured. The incidents started when Mizoram forcefully occupied some land in Lilabari Area of Cachar district in Assam and Vairengte in Kolasib District of Mizoram.
Mizoram held an emergency cabinet meeting on the issue on Sunday and CM of Mizoram Zoramthanga tweeted on this.
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The Violence is Kolasib and Cachar comes around a week after a similar scuffle on Assam-Mizoram border between districts of Karimganj(Assam) and Mamit (Mizoram). Meanwhile, Section 144 has been imposed in the Area. The clashes reportedly started after some people from the Mizoram side torched some huts made by Lailapur residents on a disputed portion of the border between the two states.
Assam-Mizoram border clash
Assam forest and environment minister Parimal Suklabaidya along with senior bureaucrats and police officers reached the spot on Sunday and took stock of the situation there. Blaming the incident on “miscreants from the other side of the border”, the minister urged everyone to remain calm and assured the state government would provide necessary security to the residents. Former Minister Siddiq Ahmed and INC women wing president and Former MP from Silchar Susmita Dev also visited the place.
On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called up the offices of the Prime Minister and Union home minister Amit Shah and apprised them about the situation. He also spoke with Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga and both agreed to resolve the issue through talks, officials said.
Both Assam and Mizoram have approached the Centre to intervene in the matter and resolve the long-standing border dispute between the two states. Chief secretaries of both states will have a meeting through video conference with union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Monday to discuss the latest flare-up.
Assam and Mizoram share a 165 km long boundary. Mizoram was part of Assam till 1972 when it became a union territory and a state in 1987. Border disputes between the two states keep occurring intermittently.
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