Assam Times: NC hills is set to burn again as govt-ASDC-BJP tussle on display

NC hills is set to burn again as govt-ASDC-BJP tussle on display
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Editor on 23 May, 2008 12:51:00
 
North Cachar hills district is in for a more simmering situation as the Assam
Government has locked horns with the North Cachar Autonomous Council members.
The facade, now in display, is about nexus with the rebel outfit DHD jewel
outfit.
A day after the DHD(J) outfit announced that it has resumed unilateral
ceasefire, Assam Chief Minister said his government is not assuaged by the
announcement citing the earlier experience. Mr Gogoi, further, hinted the
formation of a new battalion with the help of the former militants to make the
crackdown more effective.  According to the Chief Minister, the ASDC and BJP
members of the council have been maintaining an nexus with these rebels  to
make the situation more volatile.
The ASDC and BJP members have protested it with heat and came out some specific
allegations against health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma's alleged nexus with
the rebels. Addressing a recent press conference, the Executive members of the
Council alleged that Dr Sarma provided shelter and rupees Rs 50,000 in cash to
Garlosa Jewel while he was floating the DHD(J) faction.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is holding a few rounds of talk
with Governor Lt General (Retd) Ajoy Kumar Singh  on an effective crackdown
againt the rebels who have declared unilateral ceasefire.
According to information, a failed Assam Government so far has set up a peace
committee in the district, two ministers have visited the district after the
end of the violence and that's all it has done to bring normalcy back to the
district. But is trying to implicate the ASDC and BJP members of the council
and to wash the hands off.