After the Union House Minister Amit Shah’s announcement on developing a fence alongside your entire 1,643-kilometer India-Myanmar border, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma reiterated his authorities’s opposition to the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border and the termination of the Free Motion Regime (FMR) On Saturday. This regime presently permits people residing close to the border to journey as much as 16 kilometers into one another’s territory with out the necessity for official documentation.
In a gathering with leaders of the NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC) within the capital, Lalduhoma emphasised that the present border was a product of British colonial insurance policies geared toward dividing and ruling, which resulted within the separation of Mizos, information company PTI reported.
He highlighted the enduring aspiration of Mizos residing in each India and Myanmar for reunification below a single administrative entity. The chief minister affirmed his administration’s want for the continuation of the FMR with Myanmar.
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He additionally disclosed having met Union House Minister Amit Shah twice in January and February, conveying Mizoram’s stance on the Indo-Myanmar border fencing and the preservation of the FMR. Lalduhoma urged the house minister to not erect a fence on the Mizoram aspect, even when the Manipur aspect of the Indo-Myanmar border undergoes fencing. Expressing optimism, he speculated that the Centre may chorus from fencing the 510-km-long Mizoram-Myanmar border, PTI’s report acknowledged.
In response, the NGO Coordination Committee introduced plans for an illustration in Aizawl on February 21 to voice their opposition to the Centre’s determination concerning the Indo-Myanmar border fencing and the FMR termination.
This can be a commendable and daring determination which may have an enormous stabilising affect on your entire North Jap area.
State-of-the-art fencing , shall additionally minimise incidents of cross border insurgency and infiltration by means of higher surveillance.
My gratitude to Hon’ble Prime… https://t.co/iQimejDYoE
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 6, 2024
“A terrific transfer in the precise course to make our borders foolproof. Gratitude to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and Hon’ble House Minister Shri Amit Shah ji to fence our borders alongside Myanmar,” the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister wrote on X.
A terrific transfer in the precise course to make our borders foolproof.
Gratitude to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji and Hon’ble House Minister Shri @AmitShah ji to fence our borders alongside Myanmar.
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— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) February 6, 2024