Assam-Arunachal can resolve border dispute’

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Assam-Arunachal can resolve border dispute’

Context:

  •  Nyokum Yullo festival in Itanagar.

Why in news?

  • Assam Minister Ranjit Dutta, who was in Itanagar to attend a tribal festival, exuded confidence that the decades-old boundary dispute between the two States, can be resolved through “meaningful” dialogue.

Permanent solution:

  • Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been initiating measures with his Arunachal counterpart Pema Khandu to hammer out a permanent solution to the border issue.
  • “Divisive forces” were trying to “destabilise peace” in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

About Nyokum Yullo festival:

  • The festival is celebrated by the Nyishi community of Arunachal Pradesh every year to invoke God’s blessings for good harvest and communal harmony.

Cordial relations’

  • Till 1978 both the States (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh) were under one administrative unit of ‘bor Axom’ (Greater Assam).
  • The people of both States since time immemorial have been maintaining cordial relations.
  •  Nyokum Yullo Celebration Committee chairman Ha Tatu, on his part, said the presence of a Minister from neighbouring Assam will cement the ties between the people of the two States.
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