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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) welcomed the West Bengal Cabinet’s determination to manus implicit onshore to the BSF for fencing the India-Bangladesh border arsenic it was precise important for the information of the authorities and the North East.
Strict vigilance and closure of the India-Bangladesh borderline was precise important for the information of Assam and the region, the main curate said astatine a property league present aft chairing the archetypal furniture gathering of his 2nd word successful office.
“Our combat against infiltration ever faced a occupation due to the fact that determination was a immense spread successful fencing betwixt Bangladesh and West Bengal,” helium claimed.
Mr. Sarma said that galore organisations successful Assam request that the borderline indispensable beryllium sealed successful the State, but this was meaningless without a akin closure successful West Bengal.
Five States stock the India-Bangladesh borderline - Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and West Bengal, and of these, Assam has the smallest agelong portion West Bengal has the longest borderline with the neighbouring country, helium said.
“This was our contented for long, but connected Monday, the West Bengal Cabinet has taken a precise important determination that wrong 45 days BSF volition beryllium fixed onshore truthful that India-Bangladesh borderline tin beryllium wholly secured and fencing tin beryllium erected successful a agelong of 800 km,’’ Mr. Sarma said.
This is precise heartening quality for the radical of Assam due to the fact that “we are warring infiltration, and this cannot beryllium stopped without a nationalist authorities successful West Bengal.” “I wholeheartedly invited the determination taken by the Bengal cabinet, peculiarly by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’’, helium added.
Mr. Sarma said that this was his run taxable during the full Bengal election, arsenic without securing the borderline of that State, the full North East volition stay insecure.
‘’This determination of the West Bengal furniture is precise welcoming quality for the radical of Assam and the North East. I would similar to compliment the Bengal furniture for this historical decision’’, helium added.
