Guwahati, June 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will soon ask for reports from the Union Home Ministry and the Assam Government over the implementation of the Assam Accord signed in 1985, which ended the six-year long Assam movement.

The Prime Minister told this to the delegation of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) which met him on Monday in New Delhi.

Talking to newsmen in Guwahati on Tuesday, AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said that the Prime Minister has expressed his shock over the fact that the Accord has not been implemented yet.

"The Prime Minister told us that the UPA Government is committed to implement the Assam Accord.

He would soon ask for detailed reports from the Ministry of Home, which is the nodal agency for implementing the Assam Accord, and the Assam Government in this regard," said Bhattacharyya while adding that the Prime Minister had also assured to hold another round of tripartite talks with us (AASU), if required.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a tripartite talk involving�AASU delegation, the Assam Government and the Central Government representative�on May 5, 2005.As per the decisions of the Assam Accord, the tripartite talk mainly decided to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border within December 31, 2006, while the National Register of Citizens would be updated within September 2007 and constitutional safeguard would be given to the indigenous people of the state.

The Assam Government had subsequently set two new deadlines to seal the porous Indo-Bangla border on its own.

However, both the deadlines could not be met and major portion of the international borders are still open, which facilitates illegal infiltration from Bangladesh.

"None of the decisions were fulfilled even after three years have passed since the tripartite talks.

This led us to meet the Prime Minister, who told us that even he is not happy over the way the state government is going ahead to implement the Accord," said AASU president Sankar Prasad Roy during the press meet.

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