GUWAHATI: Sniffing fresh conspiracy to create tension in tribal villages along the Assam-Meghalaya border once again, the Garo National Council (GNC) on Tuesday alleged that a section of village bodies in Meghalaya are hand-in -glove with anti-social elements to snatch Assam land.
Concerned over the notice issued by the Hima Raid Mansaw Council to some Assam villagers for opposing settlement of people belonging to Maram Khasi group of Meghalaya in Assam, GNC, a social organization of the Garo community in Assam, urged the Assam government to beef up security along the Assam-Meghalaya border in lower Assam's Kamrup (Rural) and Goalpara districts.
"We are very much concerned over the Hima Raid Mansaw Council's move. One of the sardars of the Hima Raid Mansaw Council, along with some of officials of the council, want to carve out Garo-inhabited Bangjeng village and 22 other Khasi villages from Assam," alleged Benedict Areng, the president of GNC, while addressing the media here.
He said the sardar of the Hima Raid Mansaw Council has been able to include Samrang village in Meghalaya by settling 21 Maram Khasi families from West Khasi Hills in Samrang, which belongs to Assam. "Those villagers who protested the move of the sardar have been issued summons by the Hima Raid Mansaw Council to come to Umjaniang village to give a reply on April 21," questioned Areng.
The GNC had approached the Kamrup (Rural) district administration of Assam regarding the recent developments at Samrang village, but said the administration is yet to take steps on the issue. "Altogether 37 families living at Samrang village were allotted land pattas by Boko revenue circle of Kamrup (rural) district. They have got ration cards from the Assam government. How can the Meghalaya government claim the village. A similar approach has been adopted by the officials of Meghalaya government in 105 Assam villages along the Assam-Meghlaya border," said Areng.
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