ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Jan 23: The Banderdewa Circle Border Committee (BCBC)  has called for demoractic  movement before the office of the Deputy Commissioner Papum Pare to show its protest at the recently held regional committee meeting of Papumpare-Lakhimpur-Biswanath districts on Assam-Arunachal Boundary demarcation.  
Chairman BCBC, Tame Achung stated that the regional committee has altered the Namsai Declaration by bringing up another resolution for the realignment of Banderdewa, Pichola, and Tani Happa villages under the Banderdewa circle.
He further  added that, besides ignoring the Namsai Declaration resolution, the regional committee also failed to involve any representative from Banderdewa Circle, such as Zilla Panchayat leader, IMC leader, and most importantly the circle officer (CO) of Banderdewa during the meeting. 
Hence, the BCBC has demanded the state government to exclude Banderdewa, Tani Happa, and Pichola villages from joint re-verification. However, the committee is ready to cooperate on the re-verification of the other three villages, Gorubanda, Tarajuli, and Durpang, asserted the Chairman while speaking to the media at the Press Club today.
He said that Para 4 of the "Namsai Declaration" clearly states that Banderdewa and Pichola villages are within the constitutional boundary of Arunachal Pradesh, and shall remain with the state. However, it is totally different in the minutes of the regional committee meeting that was held recently, Achung said.
“The villages under Banderdewa circle, namely Banderdewa, Pichola, and Tani Happa which were declared under our state in the Namsai Declaration are being asked for realignment according to the minutes of the regional committee. This is not acceptable, and we will fight until the mistake is corrected,” he said. 
Chairman BCBC  claimed that,  it is surprising that according to the minute of the meeting, as per the request of the Assam regional committee, Arunachal Pradesh has agreed to realign the villages on the basis of the revenue record map of Assam, and not from the survey of Indian map of 1951, which is known constitutional boundary of states.
“According to the survey of India map of 1951, it is very clear that 28 villages of Banderdewa circle falls under Arunachal Pradesh. So, what is the need for realignment of the boundary of the villages when the matter is crystal clear,” he said while questioning the integrity of the members of the regional committee.
He also informed that the BCBC has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Home Minister Bamang Felix, Education Minister Taba Tedir, and Deputy Commissioner Sachin Rana against the minute of the regional committee for correction.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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