Tarun Gogoi thanks PM Modi for including Assam in Land boundary agreement

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for re-inclusion of Assam in the Land boundary agreement.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, Chief Minister Gogoi said the re-inclusion of Assam as in the original protocol signed on September 6, 2011 would not only serve national and State interests but also help in finding a permanent solution to the long standing India-Bangladesh border disputes in the Assam sector.

“It would also facilitate erection of fencing in undemarcated areas and help prevent illegal infiltration of foreigners, subversive elements and smuggling etc by sealing the porous border.”, Gogoi said.

Gogoi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on May 2 last urging him to include Assam in the protocol for a permanent solution to the outstanding issues between both the countries.

NDA government has earlier decided to delink Assam from the agreement following resistance in Assam.