Mizoram To Hold First Key Meeting Of Boundary Commission Today

The Deputy Chief Minister said being a member of North East Democratic Alliance, a regional version of the NDA, will not prevent the MNF from working towards what the people of Mizoram want.

Amid escalating border tensions with Assam, Mizoram's boundary commission is set to hold its first key meeting today. The state government has also written to the centre alleging heavy deployment of commandos at the border by Assam. Six men of the Assam police had died in Monday's unprecedented gunfight between the police forces of the two states. Besides, 45 people were wounded. The clashes stem from a decades old land dispute between Assam and Mizoram over "improper demarcation of the state border". Both Assam and Mizoram claim land on the border between Assam's Cachar and Mizoram's Kolasib district. Both states accuse each other of encroachment. Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia, who heads the boundary commission constituted by the state government last week, has said the body will deal with the issues related to the border with neighbouring states and its decision would be final.