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.
