Northeast Notes: Surrender Of 1179 Bru Militants And What It Means For Assam Peace Efforts
ABP NewsAs many as 1,179 Bru militants laid down arms earlier this week at Katlicherra of Hailakandi district before Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary, Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika and top police officers. TMC Trying To Shed ‘West Bengal’ Party Tag Along with Tripura, another north-eastern state that is likely to go to polls early next year is Meghalaya — and political activities have already been rising in the hilly state. Amid this, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, along with her nephew and second-in-command in party Abhishekh Banerjee visited the state this week. During her visit, Mamata tried to stress the fact that if the TMC, which is currently the main Opposition party, comes to power in the upcoming polls, the state would be controlled by indigenous leaders like Mukul Sangma, the leader of Opposition in the state assembly, and Charles Pyngrope, the state TMC president. Already, one of the 12 TMC MLAs, HM Shangpliang, who earlier had resigned from the assembly and the party, joined the BJP in New Delhi this week along with two ruling National People’s Party MLAs and one independent MLA in the presence of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, also the chairman of North East Democratic Alliance.
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