New Delhi: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday expressed concern over the influx of people with "doubtful citizenship" in Meghalaya.
"Meghalaya has been facing the problem of influx of people with doubtful citizenship from the neighbouring states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal," Sangma said at the conference of Chief Ministers on internal security in New Delhi.
Stressing that the influx poses a threat to the demographic structure of the state, Sangma said the state government has created an anti-infiltration directorate to tackle the burgeoning influx problem more effectively.
"We have sanctioned 117 posts in the first phase and we are in the process of filling up the sanctioned posts. Another 206 posts will be sanctioned in the second phase in due course. In addition, district level teams and special police squads have also been constituted," the chief minister said....
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