Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi presents a bouquet of flowers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi yesterday.
IANS/Guwahati
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed a range of important issues concerning the state including militancy and the threat from fundamentalist groups.
“There should be a 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,” Saikia told Modi.
He told the prime minister that Assam appears to have been targeted by fundamentalist organisations like Al Qaeda of late.
Gogoi also briefed 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 so that people from both states can benefit from mutual trust and harmony.
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 in Assam within the stipulated time.
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 on a petition filed by the government of Gujarat, and the interim order passed by the Supreme Court that crude oil royalty to Gujarat be paid on pre-discounted crude price beginning from February 1, 2014.
The chief minister also sought Modi’s help in the sanctioning the Assam Flood Erosion and River Management Modernisation Project at an estimated cost of Rs15bn for tackling floods and erosion more effectively, besides ensuring optimal and productive use of the vast water resources.
