Newmai Network Shillong | June 25 The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Monday opposed the alleged attempt to forcibly include over 200 villages under the three districts of Khasi Hills region in a map submitted to the central government for the creation of a separate Garoland state. Leaders of the KSU from South West Khasi Hills District, West Khasi Hills District and Ri Bhoi District have maintained that they are not against the demand for a Garoland state but it is should not be based on the map in question. The clear stand of the Union was made known following the rally staged by the Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC), which is spearheading the demand, at New Delhi recently. The proposed map for the separate Garoland was submitted by the now disbanded Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) to the Centre government in 2006. Speaking to newsmen in Shillong on Monday, KSU-SWKH president Forwardman Nongrem said, “We welcomed the demand for the creation of a Garoland state but we will never accept the proposed map which seeks to encroach into the Khasi land.” “This is because most of the villages under the Khasi Hills region will be affected. In view of this, we want to make it clear that from our side we will not allow an inch of our land to be included in the proposed Garoland state,” he said. KSU Ranikor president Marcony Thongni said that as per the map prepared by the ANVC, over 200 villages in the three districts of Khasi Hills will be part of the separate Garoland state. On the other hand, KSU-WKH president John Fisher Nongsiang said though some of the Khasi villages bordering with Garo Hills are dominated by Garo inhabitants but to include these villages in proposed Garoland based on population is not acceptable.