<p>Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that a joint committee will be set up to look into issues flagged by his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma against a private university.</p><p>Sarma last month launched a series of attacks against the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), and its proprietor Mahbabul Haque who is also its chancellor.</p><p>One of the accusations the Assam chief minister made was the varsity was responsible for the large-scale water-logging in Guwahati.</p>.Have prohibited 'two-finger test', disciplinary action for non-compliance: Meghalaya govt to SC.<p>"The Assam chief minister and I had a conversation on the issue of USTM. We have decided that we will constitute a joint committee consisting of officials from both states. It will look into all the concerns raised by the Assam CM," Sangma told PTI.</p><p>The chief secretaries of the two northeastern neighbours are in touch to constitute the panel comprising officials of Meghalaya and Assam.</p><p>Sarma accused USTM of engaging in a ‘flood jihad’ by demolishing hills on its campus to build new structures, which he claims has led to large-scale waterlogging in Guwahati. USTM is located in the 9th Mile area in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on the outskirts of Guwahati including Jorabat.</p>.Meghalaya Assembly rejects Bill seeking reservation of non-creamy layer of tribals.<p>The varsity, however, said its campus accounts for a ‘minuscule portion’ of the water that flows to downstream areas such as Jorabat.</p><p>The Assam CM also claimed that the designs of the university's gate are Islamic.</p><p>In another attack, Sarma said the Assam government will file a case against Haque for allegedly obtaining an OBC certificate fraudulently from the state’s Karimganj district 32 years ago.</p><p>"We are hopeful that the committee will be able to resolve the issues there," the Meghalaya chief minister said.</p><p>Other issues, if any, will also be taken up by the panel which will start functioning within a week, Sangma said. </p>
<p>Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that a joint committee will be set up to look into issues flagged by his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma against a private university.</p><p>Sarma last month launched a series of attacks against the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), and its proprietor Mahbabul Haque who is also its chancellor.</p><p>One of the accusations the Assam chief minister made was the varsity was responsible for the large-scale water-logging in Guwahati.</p>.Have prohibited 'two-finger test', disciplinary action for non-compliance: Meghalaya govt to SC.<p>"The Assam chief minister and I had a conversation on the issue of USTM. We have decided that we will constitute a joint committee consisting of officials from both states. It will look into all the concerns raised by the Assam CM," Sangma told PTI.</p><p>The chief secretaries of the two northeastern neighbours are in touch to constitute the panel comprising officials of Meghalaya and Assam.</p><p>Sarma accused USTM of engaging in a ‘flood jihad’ by demolishing hills on its campus to build new structures, which he claims has led to large-scale waterlogging in Guwahati. USTM is located in the 9th Mile area in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on the outskirts of Guwahati including Jorabat.</p>.Meghalaya Assembly rejects Bill seeking reservation of non-creamy layer of tribals.<p>The varsity, however, said its campus accounts for a ‘minuscule portion’ of the water that flows to downstream areas such as Jorabat.</p><p>The Assam CM also claimed that the designs of the university's gate are Islamic.</p><p>In another attack, Sarma said the Assam government will file a case against Haque for allegedly obtaining an OBC certificate fraudulently from the state’s Karimganj district 32 years ago.</p><p>"We are hopeful that the committee will be able to resolve the issues there," the Meghalaya chief minister said.</p><p>Other issues, if any, will also be taken up by the panel which will start functioning within a week, Sangma said. </p>