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Gogoi urges Centre to bear armed forces` cost
Guwahati, May 13: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged the Centre to bear the costs incurred in deployment of armed forces in the state.
Guwahati, May 13: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
today urged the Centre to bear the costs incurred in
deployment of armed forces in the state.
Giving the views of the state government on Sarkaria
Commission's recommendations in the ninth meeting of the
standing committee of the inter-state council in new Delhi,
Gogoi said the costs of raising central armed police
battalions as well as the recurring expenses should also be
borne by the Centre.
According to an official release here, discussion was
also held in the meeting on administrative relations between
the Centre and the state particularly on the recommendations
of the commission regarding powers to be given to the state
under articles 256 and 257 of the constitution and application
of sanction under article 365.
However, no final decision was arrived at in today's
meeting which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani
and the matter will be discussed in the next meeting of the
council to which the union law minister would be invited.
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