Police deployment outside Mizoram House in Guwahati on Thursday
GUWAHATI/AIZAWL: The regional version of NDA, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) is being kept out of the ongoing border entanglement between Assam and Mizoram ruled by two of the allies BJP in Assam and Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is also the convenor of NEDA, the regional alliance, has no role to play in the border tussle, which is non-political and is between two states and not between two parties.
“This is not political issue. The boundary dispute is between two states. We are not counting votes. This is long-standing dispute. Where is NEDA’s role here? Politics is at a different level. When MNF fights against Congress or when BJP fights against Congress, then NEDA comes in. Here the conflict is between two states and not between BJP and MNF. I cannot leave Assam’s land for the sake of strengthening NEDA. I may be NEDA convenor but first I the CM