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Guwahati, Sept 21 (PTI).
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Bhupen Bora on Tuesday said his party views Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma"s talks with the NSCN(IM) on Nagaland with ""suspicion and mistrust"" and fears Assam"s interests may be compromised in the long run.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has deputed the Assam Chief Minister to talk with the NSCN(IM) in a bid to take the peace process forward.
""The question now arises in what capacity will he talk with the NSCN(I-M)...
As a Chief Minister can he go and hold talks without taking the Assembly and Cabinet into confidence? The NSCN(I-M) is known to be a supporter of "Greater Nagalim" and for all we know it is supposed to include parts of Assam," Borah said, adding that the Congress was against transferring any parcels of Assam territory.
""Can the people of Assam trust Sarma to defend Assam"s interests when he had miserably failed to do so in the recent Mizoram-Assam border issue....