"Assam government is showing big-brotherly attitude probably presuming that Meghalaya is soft-peddling on the issue so that they can go on violating agreement and even resorting to actions equivalent to encroachment," Sangma said in his reply to deliberations on a resolution on the issue in the assembly.
"It has become very important now to aggressively pursue the issue for a permanent settlement. It is a fact that Assam has failed to honour agreements reached at the chief-ministerial level and has increased the area of dispute," he said.