By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The need to address the demands of the traditional tribal governing institutions of NE particularly the implementation of the Instrument of Accession signed by the twenty-five Khasi States on August 17, 1948, was discussed during a meeting between John F Kharshiing, Chairman, Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya and M Venkaiah Naidu, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Home Affairs, in New Delhi.
Kharshiing informed that the Council had filed a petition on June 8, 2012, seeking clarification from the Ministry of Home Affairs on the issue, and was waiting for its response, based on which the Committee of Home Affairs, may ask the concerned petitioners and departments to appear before the Committee.