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Parops call for strong action to make the militants leave Bhutan

Mar 17, 2001 8 mins read

It was a solemn discussion during the mid term review meeting in Paro when about 140 representatives of the people shifted their focus from development activities to an issue which has obviously gripped the dzongkhag’s population. One by one, community leaders and village elders declared that the people saw only one solution to the presence of the ULFA and Bodo militants who were camped illegally

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