Demand for bifurcating Meghalaya gets political push
The Hindu
Hill State People’s Democratic Party forms panel with pro-bifurcation body
The demand for bifurcating Meghalaya on ethnic lines has received a political push ahead of bypolls to three Assembly constituencies in the State.
The demand for carving out Garoland comprising five districts dominated by the matrilinealhas arguably been the most intense in the northeast after the Bodoland statehood movement in Assam.
While the Bodoland issue has been put on the back-burner after the, a regional political party catering to the aspirations of the Khasi-Jaintia communities in Meghalaya has come to an understanding with an umbrella organisation seeking a separate State for the Garos.
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