Guwahati: Assam Student Association (AASU) has urged the Government Assam and Meghalaya not to send 70% of the villagers in the disputed Boklapara sector, whose mother tongue is Assam, forcefully to Meghalaya as part of the recent agreement between the two states divide disputed soil along the border between countries.
AASU’s high-level delegation and four other Allied Student Organizations took stock situations in Boklapara, one of the debated areas, closest to Guwahati, who had become a bone of conflict between two governments for decades.
Hundreds of villagers, most of the Rabha and Boro communities have enjoyed double voting rights here and also utilizing the benefits of both governments for years.
But when the student delegation, along with community leaders from the Assam side visited a hilly field on Tuesday.
, the majority of them said they wanted to be in Assam, President Aasu Dipanka Kumar Nath told Ti.
“They mainly quote language factors as the reason their desire to live in Assam.
They are not experienced in Garo or Khasi, speaking in Meghalaya, and feel that it will be a big problem if they become part of Meghalaya,” he said.
Aasu opposed the transfer of villagers forcibly in the disputed area to Meghalaya
