IMPHAL, Sept 22 NNN: The Manipur unit of NCP is not happy the way the government of India deals in connection with the Indo-Myanmar border issue. The NCP said issues pertaining to international boundaries should be dealt by the Union government but that is not the case here.
NCP legislator L Ibomcha Singh while talking to the reporters said it so happens here that the state government of Manipur needs to constantly press the Central government to bring a tangible solution regarding the missing or displaced border pillars and for proper demarcation of Indo-Myanmar border.
According to the NCP legislator, in the year 2002, he had raised in the state legislative assembly in connection with the missing border pillars and had sought clarifications from the state government. “In his reply, the chief minister had furnished that border pillar numbers 101, 66, 78 and 79 were found missing,” said L Ibomcha, but the reasons for the missing of the border pillars were not known by the state government that time. The NCP MLA then said to ascertain the facts, a joint survey team comprising representatives from India and Myanmar 11 years ago.
“Now, we are interested to know whether the reports of that joint survey team were submitted to the Union government,” demanded L Ibomcha. He also demanded to know as to what extent the state home department had pursued the matter to the Union home ministry.
According to L Ibomcha, the chief minister had informed assembly then that the state home department had apprised the matter relating to the border pillars missing to Surendrakumar Singh, the then joint secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs incharge of North East. The NCP legislator suggested that the outcome of that apprisal be made public.
L Ibomcha then suggested that advanced satellite imaging techniques with Global Positioning System (GPS) will be able to determine the exact border line.
Meanwhile, appealing all the poitical parties and civil society organisations to shed their differences and come forward in addressing the border issue. He also said all political party meeting will be convened in the near future to discuss the issue.
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