assam mizoram border dispute: Such unremitting incidents under BJP’s watch invited death of democracy: TMC on Assam-Mizoram border clash

Expressing shock over the Assam-Mizoram inter-state border conflict that has claimed the lives of not less than 5 policemen and injured 60 others, senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned that such unremitting incidents underneath the BJP‘s watch have invited the death of democracy in India. At the least 5 Assam Police personnel had been killed whereas defending the “constitutional boundary” of the state with Mizoram and greater than 60 folks injured, together with an SP, because the festering border dispute between the 2 northeastern states erupted right into a bloody battle on Monday.

“Shocked & Shocked to listen to in regards to the ruthless violence that has transpired on the #AssamMizoramBorder. My condolences to the bereaved households. Such unremitting incidents underneath @BJP4India’s watch have invited the demise of democracy in our nation,” the TMC nationwide secretary tweeted.

Union House Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and Mizoram, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Zoramthanga respectively, and urged them to make sure peace alongside the disputed border and discover an amicable settlement.

After allegations of encroachment of territory by either side over the previous few weeks and skirmishes that escalated tensions between the 2 states, violent clashes had been reported alongside the inter-state border that ended within the demise of not less than 5 Assam policemen.