Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Meghalaya on March and would meet political leaders and organizations during the visit, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Wednesday.
Sangma said providing the Home Minister would be in the State Capital primarily to discuss ways to revamp the North Eastern Council (NEC). Shah, who is the ex-officio chairperson of the NEC, the regional planning body for the eight North Eastern States, was here in January for the 69th plenary of the NEC.
On Wednesday, the chief minister accompanied by deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong called on home minister Shah in Delhi and discussed the issue of infiltration into the State among other issues, even as Shah has assured that he would meet with different NGOs during his visit to the State next month.
During that visit, Shah was unable to give adequate time to Cabinet Ministers and leaders and different organizations who wanted to meet him and discuss various issues, including the implementation of the Inner Line Permit in the State.
“Discussions on the issues around the Meghalaya Residents’ Safety and Security Act (MRSSA) were taken up, to which the Home Minister suggested that the State Government and officials of MHA must further discuss the issues of MRSSA and urged them to find an amicable way forward for the same,” the Chief Minister said in a video message.
“The Home Minister has said that instead of all the organizations coming to New Delhi. He suggested he would give enough time to all organizations that want to meet him in Shillong during his March visit,” Sangma informed.
In the meeting, Shah also raised the issue of infiltration the Chief Minister informed and added that Shah said that infiltration was an issue of concern not only in Meghalaya but also the North East and the whole country.