Border Clashes On Rise Under BJP Rule In Assam, Meghalaya MP Tells PM

Provocations and "aggressive posturing" is perilous to healthy neighbourly relations, Shillong MP Vincent H Pala wrote in letter to PM Narendra Modi.

Amid heightened tension over boundary disputes in the Northeast, Congress MP from Meghalaya Vincent H Pala today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that interstate border clashes have "not only been on the rise of late, but have also taken a much more aggressive turn" under the BJP government in Assam. "For reasons best known to the present BJP-led government of Assam, such conflicts have not only been on the rise, but have also taken a much more aggressive turn," he wrote. Provocations and "aggressive posturing" at the interstate borders is perilous to healthy neighbourly relations, the three-time MP from Shillong wrote.