Assam CM assures Speaker to revive MDC
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 28 2017:
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has assured the Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly, Y Khemchand that the Assam Government will take up every necessary step to revive Manipuri Develop-ment Council, which was established to improve the socioe-conomic conditions of the Manipuris settled in Assam .
He made the statement during a meeting with Speaker Khemchand at his office at Dispur yesterday .
According to a source, the two leaders discussed various political issus of the North East region for around 40 minutes .
During the meeting, Y Khemchand brought up the matter regarding revival of the Manipuri Development Council, to which Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda said that the numerous development councils of various communities of Assam had ceased to exist but assured the Speaker that the Assam Government would take up necessary steps to revive the Manipuri Development Council once again .
The CM also urged the Speaker to give some time to his Government to sort out all the necessary details like how to maintain the Councils, how to exercise power and the budget allocation .
It may be mentioned that many Manipuri are settled in various parts of Assam.