Meghalaya CM invites pro-ILP groups for talks following checking drive against migrant workers

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 18, 2024

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has invited pro-inner line permit (ILP) groups for talks on Friday following their decision to intensify checking of documents of migrant workers across the Khasi-Jaintia region of the state.   

“I am directed to inform you that the Chief Minister desires to hold a meeting with some of the members of the Union in his office chamber on July 19 at 12 pm,” East Khasi Hills deputy commissioner RM Kurbah said in a letter to the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) general secretary Donald V Thabah.

The KSU had claimed that over 2500 migrant workers, who allegedly failed to produce valid documents, were detected and pushed back during its ongoing checking drive held in the last 12 days.

On Wednesday, KSU president Lambokstarwell Marngar had announced the union’s decision to further intensify the checking drive as a mark of protest against the state government’s failure to implement existing laws including the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act (MRSSA), 2016 besides mounting pressure on the Centre to immediately implement the inner line permit (ILP) to check unabated influx into the state.

According to him, the KSU will also soon meet with other NGOs to decide on other courses of action to address the important issue.

 “We will continue to intensify the checking of documents of migrant labourers despite government-police action against the union and its members,” Marngar had said.