Govt still waiting for Centre’s response on ILP resolution: Meghalaya CM

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 20, 2023

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said the State government is still waiting for the response from the Centre on the resolution adopted by the Assembly for implementation of the inner line permit (ILP) in Meghalaya.

“The State government has been consistently following it up with the union home ministry on the issue of ILP and the State is waiting for the response from the Government of India on the matter,” Sangma told the Assembly.

Replying to a zero hour notice, Sangma informed that a State delegation led by him had also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on August 8, urging his intervention into the various issues concerning the State which include implementation of the ILP.

He said that the State government had also submitted a memorandum on the matter to the Union home minister Amit Shah during his visit to the State in 2021.

Sangma said that the demand for ILP grew louder in Meghalaya after the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the Centre.

In view of this, the State Assembly had adopted the official resolution for implementation of ILP in 2019. The resolution was sent to the MHA on December 23, 2019 followed by a reminder on November 17, 2020.