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Mahesh

03/03/24 18:39 PM IST

Centre’s border plan

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  • The Mizoram Assembly and the Nagaland Assembly adopted a resolution to oppose the Centre’s decision to fence the 1,643 km long porous India-Myanmar border.
Why these resolutions?
  • The decision was influenced by the Manipur government’s push — after the ethnic violence between the Meiteis and the Kuki-Zo people began on May 3, 2023 — for fencing the border to stop Myanmar nationals from settling in the State illegally.
  • Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur welcomed the Centre’s decision but Mizoram and Nagaland, the other two States bordering Myanmar, opposed it because of the ethnic composition along the border “imposed by the British rulers” and their age-old social, cultural, and trade links.
India- Myanmar border
  • India has had an on-off diplomatic relationship with Myanmar since 1948 when the latter attained independence from the British.
  • India’s border districts absorbed waves of refugees following military coups and pro-democracy movements in Myanmar in the 1960s, 1980s, and after February 2021.
  • The growing Chinese influence in Myanmar made New Delhi establish warmer relationships with Yangon (Nyapyidaw later), but certain issues remained.
  • The areas of Myanmar bordering India are controlled by ethnic militias and extremist groups such as the Arakan Army, Chin National Front, and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), some of which have sheltered northeast-based outfits such as the United Liberation Front of Asom.
  • These outfits have carried out hit-and-run operations in India. Although the Myanmar border is guarded by the paramilitary Assam Rifles, the terrain and lack of fencing are said to have made it difficult to check the movement of extremists and the trafficking of drugs, arms, and other contraband items.
  • The border divided people of the same ethnicity and culture —specifically the Nagas of Nagaland and Manipur and the Kuki-Chin-Mizo communities of Manipur and Mizoram — without their consent.
  • Asserting the right of the Mizo-Chin people to live together.
Source- The Hindu

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