SHILLONG, April 29: The National People’s Party MDCs in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) said they will not be a part of the move to go to court against the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the Meghalaya and Assam government on six of the 12 disputed sectors along the boundary between the two states.
The NPP parliamentary party chairman, Gigur Myrthong told reporters on Friday that they have written to Chief Executive Member Titosstarwell Chyne that they will not be a part of the exercise.
Myrthong, who is also the deputy CEM of the KHADC, claimed the boundary committee had not decided whether the council would be a party to filing a petition against the MoU after studying the report of the coordination committee.
“The statement of the boundary committee deputy chairman, Jambor War that the council will move the court against the MoU is totally wrong. In the meeting, we had decided to leave it to the wisdom of the Himas and private parties for moving the court,” he said.
He said the 11 NPP members of KHADC support MoU signed by the two states.
Myrthong also lauded the efforts of the NPP-led MDA government in resolving the decades-old interstate boundary issue once and for all.
“No state government in the past managed to do what the present government is doing in terms of signing the boundary agreement. I think there is a need to applaud the steps taken by the present government on this issue,” he said.
On April 26, the KHADC had decided to file a petition against the MoU seeking to “transfer tribal land to Assam”.
The decision was taken at a meeting convened by the council’s boundary committee with the traditional heads of five Himas – Mylliem, Nongspung, Jirang, Nonglang and Jyrngam Sirdarship – from the West Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi districts.
War said a coordination committee has been constituted to recommend to the boundary committee how to move forward in this regard.
“The coordination committee will submit a report to the boundary committee for its final approval before we move to the court,” he said.
