Goswami, the Majuli unit president of the Mahasabha, said the Dimasas and Zeme Nagas have peacefully co-existed in the district for over 500 years.
Mahasabha president Bhaba Goswami said they had been contemplating several measures to cement the age-old ties between the two ethnic communities in the district.
“Since NC Hills is one of the most backward districts in the state, we are thinking of opening schools in interior areas,” he added.
He said the Mahasabha would also adopt a few children who had lost their parents in the recent conflicts in the district. “We have already adopted one such child whose mother was killed,” he added.
Goswami said the government had not taken adequate relief measures to rehabilitate the affected people in the district. “We have witnessed about 700 people staying in one small relief camp where food has also not been provided adequately,” he alleged.
He said lack of development was one of the reasons for insurgency. “There are no roads, bridges and schools in the interior areas.”
Bhadrakanta Goswami, the satradhikar of Jokai Satra in Sivasagar district, who was also present, appealed to all organisations in the state to do the needful to thwart the evil designs of vested interests to divide the ethnic communities of the state.
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