Conrad K. Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to ask for his help in implementing the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the northeastern state, according to officials.

Sangma, who was in charge of a delegation, also pushed for the Constitution’s Eighth Schedule to include the Khasi and Garo languages.

According to an official, “the delegation submitted a memorandum to the PM, seeking his intervention in addressing the state’s major concerns — ILP and inclusion of the two languages, which are spoken by the majority of the population, in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.”

An Indian citizen may enter a protected area for a brief length of time with the help of an official travel document called an ILP, which was granted by the Centre.

Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland are the four northeastern states that are currently governed by the ILP. There are eight states in this area.

In accordance with the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873, the state requested the ILP’s implementation in Meghalaya in 2019.

Source- Travel biz