Ngos to suggest strengthening of ILP

SHILLONG, MAR 3: The 13 pro-Inner Line Permit (ILP) ngos have decided to submit some points to the state government to be incorporated in the ILP so that it will be effective to tackle the influx problem into the state. The ngos will be meeting the state government officials soon to submits there points.

The decision to submit the points to be included in the ILP was taken at a meeting attended by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), Federation Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP), Hynniewtrep National Youth Front (HNYF), Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF), Jaintia Students’ Union (JSU) and others held on Monday.

“We are coming up with points with suggestion to the state government for incorporating them in the ILP so that we can have an ILP which is strong and effective enough to tackle the problem of influx into the state,” FKJGP president Joe Marwein told reporters after the meeting.

Earlier, the state government had submitted a 22-point note to the ngos on the reasons why ILP cannot be implemented in the state.

“The points to be proposed in the ILP will not hamper the growth and development of the state, a concern which the government had expressed,” Marwein said. He informed that the ngos  will soon meet the state government and submits the points to be incorporated in the ILP.

KSU president Daniel Khyriem said, “The points we are proposing is to give more teeth to the ILP which will further prevent the inflow of illegal influx into the state.”

In the same line, HNYF general secretary Sadon K Blah added that the points are in context of the ILP which will suit local condition of the state.

Earlier, the ngos had maintained that the 52 existing laws of the state government were “ineffective” to tackle the core issue of influx.

Following the January 15 meeting, the state government and the ngos had decided to examine and study the 52 existing laws in order to come up with a comprehensive mechanism to address the problem of influx.

Refusing to divulged the propose points, Khyriem said “We intended to have a comprehensive mechanism within the ILP.”

The state government had said earlier that bringing amendment to the ILP would require the centre’s approval. “It will depend on the state government how it will implement the proposed points,” he said.

So far as the existing laws are concerned, Khyriem said, they would suggest to the state government on the need to strengthen these laws like the Land Transfer Act, Benami Act, trading by non-tribal and others.- By Our Reporter