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HITO supports Garoland demand

Shillong, Oct 17: HITO has supported the demand for a seperate Garoland state.

“We would also like to support the Council of Nokmas the apex traditional body who have also demanded for special recognition and who are part of the Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya which include Federation of Khasi States for their support on the demand of the Khasi States as per the treaty of the Instrument of Accession and Annexed Agreement which was signed and accepted by Governor General of India on 17 August 1948”, HITO president Donbok Dkhar said in a statement on Sunday.

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The organisation called up on the political parties to make their stand clear on this matter. ‘

“The Khasi States demand includes the 54 Hima/Elaka and 19 Elaka in Jaintia Hills including the Khasi villages ,lands of the Hima which are under present Assam state and Bangladesh”, Dkhar said.

In 1972 Meghalaya, in 1987 Arunachal and Mizoram were made states. Then in 2000 Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal(in 2007 name was changed to Uttrakhand) & Jharkhand wash carved out of MP, Bihar and UP, he said.

The HITO leader said in 2014, Telengana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh. In Oct 2019, Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist (judicial challenge in SC) and two UTs were created UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh.

“So today we have 28 States and 9 UTs. There is full justification for creating more states in India but in Meghalaya the HITO would like to be clear about the demand for a state the status of the Khasi States mentioned in the First Schedule strangely within Assam is a constitutional anomaly as we will accept a new Khasi State only as per the IOA & AA in a special article 370A so as to restore the National Assembly of the Khasi States inaugurated by the Governor of Assam on 29 April 1949 comprising  25 Chiefs, 56 MLAs elected from the Khasi States and 8 nominated (4 men and 4 women)’, Dkhar said.

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