Shillong, Aug 4: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has talked to his counterpart Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the alleged harassment by the United People’s Front of Karbi Longri (UPFKL) against the Khasi-Pnar community residing in Block-I area in West Jaintia Hills District.
“I have taken up the matter with the Assam chief minister and he is taking that matter very seriously,” Sangma told reporters on Friday afternoon.
“And as we speak, the Assam government is having a series of meetings on certain incidents and issues that are there pertaining to the border area,” he said while informing that he would again be in touch with the Assam CM by evening.
Further, Sangma informed that the proposed joint visit to the border areas by the chief ministers of the two states will take place after August 15.
“Just to share with you, in the last four days, we have spoken to each other more than 10 times on the phone and because of certain circumstances we were not able to visit in the last few days but most probably post August 15, we will try and visit together,” he said.
“In the meantime, the issues that are coming up in these areas, we are ironing those issues out,” he added.
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