Exclusive| Mizoram border dispute: Working on practical solutions, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
The Hindu
‘I am here for a healing touch,” says Himanta Biswa Sarma on communal relations in Assam.
Returning to the 19th century border demarcation as being demanded by Mizoram may be impractical but abetween the two States, Assam Chief Minister Himanata Biswa Sarma has said. Six policemen and a bystander werearising out of the dispute on July 26. Also read: Two conflicting demarcations of the borders between communities on both sides — one in 1875 and another in 1933 — are at the root of the dispute. The Mizos want the 1875 demarcation to prevail.
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