Amid the rising interstate border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya, the Chief Ministers of the two northeastern states will on Thursday meet the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital in a bid to resolve the long-pending issue.

Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K. Sangma had held the cabinet meetings of the two states.

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After the cabinet meetings, the two CMs had told the media separately that they would apprise the Union Home Minister about the recommendations of the ministerial committees and their perspectives about the inter-state border disputes between the two northeastern states.

To resolve the six of the 12 inter-state border disputes, a roadmap for amicable settlement has been prepared based on recommendations of three regional committees with representatives from both states.

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According to the Assam Chief Minister, of the 12 locations along with Assam’s Cachar, Kamrup, and Kamrup (metro) districts and Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, and East Jaintia Hills districts, six disputed locations with lesser complications were taken up first.

“In the weekly #AssamCabinet meeting held at Haflong, we took several key decisions regarding bringing a solution to the Assam-Meghalaya border dispute, Amendment to Medical Service Rules, Autonomous Council Election Rules, wildlife preservation in Barak Valley, etc,” he had said in a tweet.

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Meanwhile, Sangma in Shillong said he had stated that the recommendations of the ministerial committees of Assam and Meghalaya would be placed before Shah for further action. “The recommendations of the two states are more or less common,” the Meghalaya Chief Minister had said.

“Apart from historical facts, we have to consider the sentiments of the bordering people. We have to keep in mind the ethnic issue. Both the state governments also sincerely felt that one cannot force anyone to forcibly come to a particular state,” he had added.

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The ministerial committees of the two states had visited as many as 36 villages in six of the 12 disputed areas during the past four months.