U Bah Dominic Stadlin Wankhar
Ka sngi 21 tarik jong u snem 1972 la lah long ka sngi kaba khraw bad kaba kmen tam ba ngi ia khlad naka Jylla Assam ban ioh ia Jylla Meghalaya lyngba ki jing iakhih ba long kyllum lang da u paidbah na kylleng ki shnong khlem da poi sha ka jing ia umsnam bad kane ka leit long kaei kaei kaba iahap ka nuksa u Mahatma Gandhi uba lah ialeh tyngeh pyrshah ki bor ka Sorkar Bilat lyngba ka “Non Violent Movement”.
Une u riew khraw u la hikai iaka lynti jong ka jing iakhih khlem kano kano ka jing ia umsnam (non-violence) pyrshah iaka Sorkar Bilat bad pyrshah iaki bor synshar jong ka ha kito ki phew snem haduh ba ngi da ioh iaka jing laitluid ha ka 14 tarik August 1947. Ka jing ioh Jylla ka jong ngi ki paid Khasi, Jaintia bad Garo ka la long pynban ka jing jop namar na baroh kylleng kylleng ki shnong baroh ki iawan snoh kti ban dawa iaka hok namar ka jing shah pynduh hok ha ki paid ba bun haka por ba dang don hapoh ka Assam. Ngi la kmen la iashad hynrei phewse ki nongialeh ha kato ka por ki khlem iohi jngai ia kaei ka bansa jia hadien katto katne ki snem bad lada ngin ia ujor ia kaba mynta ka long shisha kaba thamula. Ha kane ka artikle ngan poi sha ki mat ba kongsan mynta.
U Pud U Sam: Ka Jylla jong ngi lada ngi peit bad pule iaka Geography jong ka Meghalaya ka kdew iaka jingheh ba 22,429 sq.km ka Total Area kyllum land naduh khappud ka Assam ter ter shaduh sha khappud bad ka Ri Bangladesh. Kane ka dei kat kum ka jing bniah bad jingthew naka Survey of India. Hynrei ngin da phai sha u pud u sam ba mynshwa, ki jaka jong ki Hima Khasi ha kito ki por ki dang dei hapoh ka Province ka Assam ngin lap ba don ruh kiba hap shapoh ka Ri Bangladesh (East Pakistan) ha shwa ka Partition ha u snem 1947 bad ynda lah jia ka thma ka Indo-Pak War 1971 ha kaba ka Ri Bangladesh ka mih bujli ha ka jaka jong ka East Pakistan.
Ngi leit poi kylla sha ka jingduh noh ei ki jaka daki phew hektar bad haka jing kmen ban ioh Jylla ngim shem la bniah iaki kot ki dulir ha katei ka por da ki nongialeh Hill State. Kane ka poi sha ka jingrung ki refugee napoh shylliang pud hapdeng ka thma 1971 pyrshah iaka East Pakistan (mynta Bangladesh). Kaba sngewsih ka long ba watla ngi lah kot sha 50 snem mynta, ka long kaei kaei kaba sngew lehrain ba ym shem lah ban pynbeit ban thew bad ban bniah ia u pud u sam katba kiwei ki Jylla ki ialeh ban pynbeit. Ka Assam ka dei ka Jylla kaba heh ha kito ki snem por ba dang synshar ka Sorkar Bilat bad hadien kata ka Sorkar India, kaba sngewsih ka long ba ngim shem lah wad kaei ka daw ba ngim lah ioh tynrai iaka jingsdang jingkut u pud u sam. Ngin da khein iaka jing shisha, baroh kine hynriew tylli ki Jylla ki dei kiba mih naka Assam, kumba long mynta wat kum ka Jylla Mizoram bad Nagaland ki dang ia don ki kynrum kynram bad ka Assam. Ngi tip ka long kaba eh ha ki khep ba nyngkong tangba hato ngi la ia pyrshang ban sdang, ne ngi shu kut tang haka kam bujli ki kot buji sla mar kylliang haka miej dih sha?
Ngi dei ban ai burom ia ka jing kloi jong u Myntri Rangbah Duh ka Jylla jong ngi Late Evansius Kek Mawlong (Bam Kwai ha Dwar Blei) ryngkat bad u Prafulla K.Mahanta uba lah long u Myntri Rangbah Duh ka Jylla Assam ha u snem 2000 haba ki lah leit sha Khanduli ha Jaintia Hills ban ia jngoh iaki jaka ba don hapdeng ka jing kajia. Ka nongrim ba ka Jylla Meghalaya ka ong iaka Assam ba ki jaka hapoh Block I bad Block II hajan Khanduli ki dang dei hapoh ka Jylla jong ngi tangba la shu ‘temporarily’ lane ka jing pynbeit ba shipor lah ‘transfer’ sha Karbi Anglong district jong ka Assam. Hadien kane ka jing iakyduh jong kine arngut ki Myntri Rangbah tang hadien katto katne, la don ka jing kynnoh naka Assam ba ka Meghalaya lah skut jaka haduh 250 bigha bad la buh ki jing khrong khajna ia kaba lah pyndam doh da ki pulit ka Assam. Dei ha katei ka jing jia haka por ba long CEM KHADC da i Bah Bindo Lanong ha kaba i lah ban jur ba ki khyrdop khrong khajna ki dei beit hapoh u pud u sam ka Meghalaya ym kumba la kynnoh da ka Assam ba ngi la leit kyntur sha u pud u sam jong ki. Ka Assam ha katei ka por ka la leit ban pyndam iaki khyrdop khrong khajna ha Pilingkata, Latakata bad ha Patharkuchi ia kaba ka kam trai sha lade.
Ynda ngi sngap wat haduh mynta ka jing kyntur pud kam dei tang sha thain Ri Bhoi wat sha liang ka West Khasi hills naduh Mawsikar, Langpih, Kyrshai ter ter. Kaba kongsan ban leh dei ban sdang iaka Cadestral Survey da ka jing iatreilang ka KHADC, ka tnat Land Records, ka Home (Police), Revenue, Law bad ka Political department. Ka jing eh hangne ka dei ba kumno bad ha kano ka rukom kin treilang khlem da kynjoh ktien bad ka Assam? Ha nga shimet, nga sngew ba haba ngi tip iaka nongrim katkum ki sakhi satar ba don ki Syiem jong ki Hima Khasi bapher bapher ki jaka ba hap hapoh u pud u sam jong ki, bad kumjuh ruh haka KHADC ngin dei ban iaid sha khmat khlem jing artatien ban ia kren haka Supreme Court ka Ri tad haduh ba ka Sorkar Pdeng ruh kam banse ban hiar lang sha ka madan thma hynrei hato ka Sorkar Meghalaya ka lah pyrkhat ki lad ne em ba tehlakam iaka Assam? Ka jing huri hura khappud ka ktah bha iaka shongsuk shongsain hapdeng ki briew jong baroh artylli ki Jylla. Ka dei ban don ruh ka ‘Political Will’ kaba mut ka rai Rangbah jong kita ki 60 ngut ki MLA ba la shah jied, phewse ka long pynban ka kam kai ba haka por ba ki kanbas ki khlei lut hynrei ynda poi ha Iing Dorbar Thaw Ain ka Jylla kim shim khia ban iatai ki lad ki lynti ban sdang. Ki jing iakren hapdeng ki Chief Secretary level, kam nym lah ban poi sha ka thong lada ki Myntri ba bat haka kyrdan MLA ki synroplang ban pynbeit iaki jingeh u paidbah.
Ngi la iohi haki dur ba mih ha la ki mobile ba kumno kita ki nongthaw Ain ka Jylla Mizoram ki lah iamih ryngkat ka jing ai mynsiem iaki pulit lajong ban pyneh ia laka nongrim haba thmu wan kyntur pud da ki nong mynder ki bym dei ki Assamese. Ha ngi shane, man ba jia ka jingkynad ha ki jaka khappud, ki MLA ha Assembly lait naka kren kim nud ban pyni ka mynsiem ban iadon lang bad kita ba shah pyn julor bad kiba shah pyndik haki bor ka Assam, haba kumta shano ka don ka jingieid Jaidbynriew bad ia kiba duk?
Wat mynta hadien ka jingsoi ia kata ka Memorandum of Understand MoU hapdeng kine artylli ki Jylla da ki Myntri Rangbah jong ka Assam bad Meghalaya ngi dei ban sngewthuh shai ba katei ka jingsoi kam don nongrim khlem da bniah bad bishar daka Parliamentary Committee on inter-state border namar ba ka dang hap hapoh ka bor jong ka Sorkar Pdeng. Lehse tharai ruh hato ngi dang sngew donkam ne em ban phai biang sha kane ka Re-organization of States 1956 Act ha kaba lah pyn phiah iaki Jylla halor ka ktien ka thylliej (linguistic lines) katkum ka Riti Synshar ka Ri India. Ngi dei ban sngewthuh ba hapoh la jingpyn kupbor ka Riti Synshar ka Ri hapoh ka khyrnit ba 131 ka Supreme Court ka Ri ka lah ban tuklar lada mih ka jing huri hura hapdeng artylli ki Jylla bad kumjuh ruh hapdeng ka Sorkar Pdeng bad ki Jylla kumba ngi lah ia iohi kaei kaba jia hapdeng ka Assam bad Mizoram ruh dang shen.
Ka jing kylli kaba mih mynta, hato ngin dang kyndit lano na kane ka jing samthiah ka jing lynniar ki paidbah ba mad ki jingeh ba laiphew rukom haki jaka khappud?
(Shaphang u nongthoh; U dei uba la trei sha Jaintia Hills haka projek IFAD-MRDS, kumjuh u la don bynta shipor ha ki projek jong ka NABARD bad u dei u Resource Expert ha Community development. U dei ruh uba la ioh iaka Youth Icon Award ha 2012 Citizen Journalism)
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