Three months ago, people in Assam-Meghalaya clashed in Mukroh village when Assam forest guards intercepted a truck transporting illegally cut timber. Five residents of Meghalaya and a forest guard from Assam were killed during the violent clashes.
Residents of Mukroh village are demanding to indulge in dancing and cheering in the election rally ahead of assembly polls on February 27.
Mukroh falls under Mookaiaw assembly constituency in West Jaintia Hills district of East Meghalaya.
The MLA said talks between the two states have progressed well but the dispute in Mukroh and a few other villages is yet to be resolved.
Also the main campaign of the political parties for the election is to resolve the border dispute as Mukroh is a part of Meghalaya and the people also belong to Meghalaya state and not Assam.
