Meghalaya CM meets Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss matters of the State

NEW DELHI: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today in the national capital New Delhi met Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss matters that require his attention.

After the meeting, Sangma shared a Tweet in which he wrote, "apprised him regarding matters that require his kind attention in the interest of overall development of the State."

This meeting comes days after Conrad Sangma met Union Home Minister, Amit Shah to discuss the implementation of an Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state. However, reports said that there was no firm assurance for the same despite the Assembly passing a unanimous resolution to this effect last year.

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The Union Home Minister agreed to consider the demand but gave no assurance that ILP will be introduced in the hill state like most other states in the North East. There has been a rising demand for the implementation of the ILP in the wake of the enactment of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act

Shah met the delegation and assured protection of all tribal rights while looking into the demand of imposing ILP in the state.

In his Facebook post, the chief minister wrote, “Met with Hon’ble Union Home Minister, Sh. Amit Shah Ji with Hon’ble Deputy CM and Hon’ble PHE Minister and had a fruitful discussion about matters that require Centre’s immediate attention”.

Sources in the MHA, however, said that ILP cannot be granted for a state like Meghalaya which is used as a transit state to many neighbouring states, including Assam, where the resentment against.

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