“If someone asks me what would have happened if in that battle Lachit’s army had lost against the Mughals? I can say without any doubt that Assam would have become a part of Bangladesh and not India,” he said.Įarlier in the day, Shah took part in the 60th raising day of Sashastra Seema Bal at Tezpur and the 13th triennial conference of the All Bathou Mahasabha at Dekhiajuli. While launching the book on Lachit Barphukan, Shah stated that Assam would have become part of Bangladesh if the Ahom army led by Lachit Barphukan had not defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Saraighat in 1671. Families who lost thousands of youth due to insurgency are demanding justice and opposing Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra,” Shah said. “Injustices were done by previous Congress governments in Assam. He also praised the government led by Himanta Biswa Sarma for creating 100,000 jobs as promised in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto in the 2021 assembly polls. Shah lauded the state government and Assam Police for action against drug trafficking. In the past five years, there’s big change in Assam’s law and order situation,” said Shah.Īlmost all armed terror groups have signed peace agreements, youth have joined the mainstream and the area covered under provisions of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has also been reduced significantly, the home minister said. It’s a matter of happiness for all of us. “There’s been a 73% decrease in incidents of violence in northeast, Jammu & Kashmir and Naxal-affected areas in the past 10 years. In his address on Saturday, Shah said that there has been a lot of change in India’s internal security scenario in the past 10 years since the government at Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to office. At present there are around 30,000 Myanmar refugees in Mizoram. The Mizoram government has refused Centre’s directives to send them back or take their bio-metrics and have provided them shelter and other basic needs. Since the military coup in Myanmar in February, 2021, thousands of refugees from Myanmar have entered Mizoram and are staying in the northeastern state. Mizos share ethnic, social and cultural ties with Chins from across Myanmar. ![]() “If the Centre goes ahead with the plan to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the free movement regime (FMR), we don’t have any authority to stop it,” he said, adding that the border between Mizoram and Myanmar was decided by the British, and Mizos on both sides don’t accept it.Īlso Read | Mizoram will continue to provide assistance to refugees from Myanmar: CM Lalduhoma Reacting to the home minister’s comments, Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma said that his government was opposed to the Centre’s plan but lacked authority to stop it. “Our government is re-examining the free movement regime provision that exists with Myanmar and now this facility, which allows free movement, will be stopped,” said Shah.Īlso Read: Govt may end ‘free movement’ along India-Myanmar border The free movement regime allows people living in border areas to travel up to 16km inside the other country without a visa. India and Myanmar share a 1,643km border in four states of the northeast - Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. Stay tuned for all the latest updates on Ram Mandir! Click here
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