GUWAHATI/AIZAWL, 13 February, 2021 (TON): On Friday, the Assam Assembly discussed the Assam-Mizoram border disputes, following the violent incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Cr Pc have been continued on Friday along the bordering areas, in addition to the deployment of a large contingent of security forces in the area, the south Assam’s Hailakandi district officials.

In the tension along the borders, at least 10 people injured and 20 houses burnt down in a series of upright incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Over 100 people belonging to 20 affected families are staying in the relief camps after their houses were torched by the miscreants.

In the second day of the three-day budget session of the Assam Assembly, raising the border issue Congress accused the BJP-led government for not protecting the state’s territory being encroached by Mizoram.

Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha said while targeting the BJP government,  that the BJP came to power in the state in 2016 by promising to protect “jati” (community), “mati” (land) and “bheti” (foundation), but it entirely failed to keep its commitment though it is the time for the state government to take strong actions to save the state’s territory.

The tension along the two northeastern states had intensified after a bomb blast at an Assam government school in October last year, and the alleged abduction of 48-year-old Intyaz Ali from Lailapur and his subsequent death in the Mizoram government’s custody on 2 November, prompting the local residents to agitate.

The borders issue has now been discussed by the top officials to ease the tensions in the areas.