PM Modi is likely to visit Mamit town in the western part of the state on October 30, and campaign for the BJP candidates.
On Monday, both Mizoram CM Zoramthanga and Assam CM Sarma announced the dropping of FIRs lodged by both states following inter-border clashes that killed six Assam cops last week.
Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao told Outlook that the prime minister was looking into the matter very seriously following violent clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border last week.
Several trucks had been stuck at the Assam-Mizoram border since July 26 due to a blockade following a border dispute flare-up that left six Assam police officers dead.
The move came after Assam Police on Monday morning withdrew the case against Mizoram Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena at the directive of Sarma as a 'goodwill gesture'.
There is absolutely no sane reason as to why Indians should kill themselves.
1.png "Assam and Mizoram governments to hold talks on border dispute. (File Photo)")
The border dispute between the two states, had taken an ugly turn on July 26 this year, resulting into the death of six Assam policemen and one civilian.
Outrage erupted in Assam following the death of six police personnel and a civilian who were allegedly killed after Mizoram security forces opened fire amid inter-border tensions Monday, July 26, leaving 50 injured.
Shyamprasad Dusat became the sixth police officer from Assam to lose his life in the inter-border clashes on Monday in which a civilian was also killed.
At least six persons were killed and 60 others, including an SP, injured in a bloody clash between the police forces of the two states along the Assam-Mizoram...
On Monday, the festering border dispute between the two northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram erupted into a bloody conflict, leading to the death of five...
The Assam-Mizoram border tension escalated on Monday after violence broke out at Lailapur in Cachar district on the interstate border.
Zoramthanga said that the party and his government had been making all-out efforts to ensure the defeat of the bill.
The Mizo National Front president took the oath in Mizo language.
Zoramthanga has been chief minister of Mizoram twice. He was a former underground leader and a close aide of the legendary MNF leader Laldenga.
With a tough fight from the Mizoram National Front (MNF), political commentators believe Mizoram is likely to have a hung assembly for the first time.
Counting of votes in both the states, along with three other states - Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana -- will be held on December 11.
