Delegation of BJP MPs from Northeast meet PM Modi amid Assam-Mizoram border dispute
- Monday | 2nd August, 2021
Delegation of BJP MPs from Northeast meet PM Modi amid Assam-Mizoram border dispute
- | Monday | 2nd August, 2021
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju alleged that foreign forces were promoting provocative statements and materials by distorting them
A delegation of BJP MPs from the Northeast on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of tensions over the border dispute between Assam and Mizoram. Alleged that Congress is doing politics on this sensitive issue.
In a discussion with reporters after the meeting, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju alleged that foreign forces were promoting provocative statements and materials by distorting them. Some people are trying to provoke violence in the area. Rijiju said that the Prime Minister told the MPs that the Northeast is very close to his heart, so his love for the region is also natural.
The Prime Minister told the MPs that the Northeast is very close to his heart and his love for the region is very natural. Referring to PM Modi, Rijiju said the prime minister insisted that he does not see the region through the prism of politics. In a memorandum to Modi, the BJP MPs said they wanted to tell all those elements who see the Assam-Mizoram issue "as a means to spread anarchy in India that their deceit will not work".
16 MPs from the Northeast were present in the delegation. Of these, 12 were from Assam, two from Arunachal Pradesh and one each from Manipur and Tripura.
PM @narendramodi Meets @BJP4Assam @BJP4Tripura @BJP4Manipur @BJP4Arunachal MPs today @sarbanandsonwal @KirenRijiju @Rameswar_Teli @PratimaBhoumik https://t.co/DOsDbkCXwZ pic.twitter.com/Yrmbv3fwcg
— Payal Mehta/ / / (@payalmehta100) August 2, 2021
Earlier, the Governor of Mizoram had met the Prime Minister and said that the Chief Ministers of both the states were engaged in efforts to de-escalate the tension and normalize the situation.
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