SHILLONG, April 9 NNN: Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma today has sought for more time to study on the implementation of the Inner Line pPrmit (ILP) recommended by the government’s constituted High Level Committee on Influx to check the unabated influx in Meghalaya.
The chief minister has sought for time after a delegation from various NGOs including KSU, FKJGP, HNYF, CSWO, KWAADA, JYF, AJYWO, JSU, GSU, SSSS, and RBYF met him here to pressure the government to implement recommendations submitted by Committee last year on the issue.
“He (CM) has sought for more time in order to study the recommendations including ILP made by the Committee and assured that he would get back to us after the Assembly session is over which is on April 18,” FKJGP president, Joe Marwein told reporters after the meeting.
According to them, Mukul has also informed the delegation apart from the ILP, the government is also intending to come up with more effective mechanisms such as introducing tenancy law strengthening labour laws and setting up of anti-infiltration directorate will be put in place to effectively address the issue of Influx.
While deciding to give more time to the government, Khasi Students Union (KSU) president, Daniel Khyriem however said that the NGOs would take a decision only after the meeting proposed to be held after the Assembly session.O n the other hand, the NGOs however made their stand clear on the urgent need to implement the ILP while welcoming the decision of the government to introduce the other mechanisms.
“We demanded that ILP should be introduces and that these proposed mechanisms should be implemented as supplementary steps towards tackling the problems of influx,” HNYF general secretary, S Blah stateMentionably, the High Level Committee on Influx in its report submitted to the state government last year has recommended for the implementation of ILP.
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