SHILLONG, June 16 � Hundreds of tribal landowners in Meghalaya have threatened to move the United Nations over the recent Indo�Bangla boundary agreement, saying they were �not made party� to the decision taken by both the governments, reports PTI.
Demanding an immediate review of the agreement, landowners, rangbah shnongs (traditional village heads), syiems and dollois (heads of states) at their meeting at Dawki last week said �the agreement was finalised without their knowledge�.
�As indigenous people, a petition would be sent to the United Nations Organisation for intervening and overseeing a fresh boundary survey under the mandate of the UN,� Grand Council of Chiefs chairman John F Kharshiing said in a statement here last night.
Expressing serious concern, he said the protocol and agreements between India and Bangladesh had been arrived at �in absence and ignoring the claims of landowners and indigenous traditional institutions, which is also a violation of Indigenous Human Rights.�