THEM LEW MAWLONG AREA

Oct. 16, 2021

A Meghalaya Cabinet decision to relocate the Dalit Sikh residents of Shillong’s Them lew Mawlong area, also called Punjabi Lane, is facing opposition.

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  • Sikh groups have called it “illegal” and “unjust”, with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa saying he would take the issue up with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

  • At the heart of it is a simmering issue between the Sikh residents and the local Khasi community, centred on a decades-old land dispute.