SHILLONG:
Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has assured that the BJP will address all pending issues including the inner line permit (ILP) if voted to power in Meghalaya.
“I can assure you that the most important and ticklish issues that lasted for years in Meghalaya will also be sorted out if the BJP is elected to power and forms the government,” Chandrasekhar said on January 13 when asked if BJP will ensure Meghalaya gets ILP.
The union minister said, “Our approach to these contentious issues or whatever issues are there are issues that we will sit down and we will discuss with the communities and come to a framework that is equitable, fair and transparent and meets everybody’s aspirations.”
Stating that the party does not believe in using these things as election time gimmicks, he said, “we don’t use emotions to polarize to create vice between people, we think every Indian citizen, every citizen of Meghalaya must work together that is why PM says It is only together as a community as a state that we can create a better tomorrow.”
He said the present NDA-led government has dealt with issues that were lingering for 70-75 years and have solved those issues by sitting down with all those affected.
“That is why in NE today we have a region that was characterized for years, decades as a region of violence, of division, of secessionist movements, all of that have been slowly and systematically being addressed with by negotiation, by talking by bringing the stakeholders around the table
So, problems that existed for decades are being solved by PM’s BJP government,” Chandrasekhar asserted.