Meghalaya Cabinet discusses inter-state boundary issues with Assam CM

The matter of the inter-state boundary disputes negotiations with Assam was discussed at the Meghalaya Cabinet meeting held today. In preparation for their next meeting with Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Cabinet decided to try to resolve their remaining problems.

Conrad K Sangma, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, said that over 98 percent of the border dispute had been resolved in six of the twelve ‘areas of difference.’

Meeting was held to iron out a few issues in our border talks with our Assam counterpart. We have come to 98% agreement on the 6 areas of differences & we look forward to reach our final understanding in our next sitting before our joint meeting with Hon’ble HM, Sh @AmitShah Ji. pic.twitter.com/E4bDI0q73d

— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) January 27, 2022

He anticipated that the two CMs would be able to agree on the remaining 2% of the issue at the next meeting. Both CMs had already met with the Union Home Minister once, and it was later announced that both CMs would meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah sometime this month or early next month for finalizing the matter.