Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and discussed a gamut of important issues concerning the state like militancy and the threat from fundamentalist groups.
“There should be similar mechanism of intelligence sharing at inter-state level for West Bengal and northeastern states so that issues of jurisdiction do not come in the way of dealing with insurgency and militancy,” he told Modi.
He pointed out to the prime minister that Assam appears to have been targeted by fundamentalist organisations like Al Qaeda of late. Gogoi also appraised Modi about the recent arrest of some operatives having links with terror group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh from Assam.
Gogoi requested Modi to impress upon Nagaland to enable a congenial and conducive environment along the Assam-Nagaland border.
Thousands of people were displaced due to the Assam-Nagaland border crisis in August. At present, 1,750 victims of the border clash are still in relief camps in Golaghat district of Assam.
Besides, Gogoi asked the Prime Minister for adequate funds to complete the updating of the National Register of Citizens.
Gogoi sought the prime minister’s intervention in the matter of payment of crude oil royalty on pre-discounted price in the light of the verdict by the Gujarat High Court and the interim order passed by the Supreme Court.
IANS
