The centre is closely monitoring the prevailing law and order situation in Manipur. Violence will only compound the problem. Need of the hour is exercising restraint. This was more or less of what a home ministry team said in Manipur on Tuesday when they were on a stock taking visit to the restive north eastern state a month after 9 people died in a orgy of violence after the assembly passed three controversial bills.
The central team headed by Ashok Prasad, told the agitating people to exercise restraint when they talked to them after arriving in Churachandpur in the morning. Here is the excerpt of the speech for the agitating people.
"I can feel their pains and I understand their extend of bereavement. Loss of lives would always be a tragedy more so when it involved those who are plucked away in the prime of their lives. As a brother I share your tears and grief and as a friend I stand by you in your prayers for peace to the departed souls.
These are difficult time that we faced today. A difficult situation that can only be move forward with the help and sympathetic participations of all the stake holders. In fact the relative calm that we produced here today is a tribute to your understanding in the face of great tragedy. I appeal to all of you for continuation of this steering and I particularly the role play by the mothers and ladies of this area who have appeared in the forefront in helping to stabilized and pacified an extremely volatile situations.
I am also grateful to the elders and leaders of this area for their guidance and their directions that they have provided and continue to provide to steer us through this stormy period. I pray to them to continue to guide and advise us as we work toward the speedy resolution of the issue and the avoidance of further tragedy.
After this I'll be interacting with the different stake holders assisting and listening to their words of concerns and I will be taking their valuable suggestions. Some of you have already been interacting with the Central government and I am aware of their concerns and of the commitment of the government in Delhi to join prosperity and peace of this region with the rest of the country. It will be my endeavor to understand the nuances and complexity of the situation so that necessary and effective steps can be initiated at appropriate levels to bring back peace and stability to this area."
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Why the center is taking time in inclusion of Meitie as ST. The isolation of Meitie in the false pretext of general is a major concern in Manipur. Social integration is hampared by this delay.
Sarbananda Sonowal took over as sports and youth affairs minister in New Delhi on Tuesday a day after he was sworn in as minister of state of independent charge.
Sonowal, the state BJP president who defeated Union minister and Lakhimpur Congress candidate Ranee Narah reached the ministry office in the morning.
After assuming charges, Sonowal met the senior officials of the ministry and sought their cooperation.
Sonia Gandhi steps in to mend the deepening differences within the Congress Legislative party.
In a bid to end the dissidence problem, the Congress president has set up a three member panel to look into the problem confronting the Tarun Gogoi goverment.
Consisting of Dr CP Joshi, Motilal Vhora and Dr Gulam Nabi Azad, the three member panel is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on June 5.
The panel is expected to submit the findings by mid-June. Gandhi will take her final call on the basis of the report.
The decision was taken hours after the APCC scrapped the proposed extended executive meeting slated for May 29.
Dissident Congress ministers and MLAs are all set to rush to New Delhi on Wednesday to intensify their demands.
According to sources, senior Congress MLAs who have been dead opposed to Gogoi as chief minister will try to call on Sonia Gandhi to mount pressure on her to remove Gogoi.
Sarvananda Sonowal took oath as Union minister of state from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in New Delhi on Monday.
Arunachal Pradesh BJP leader Kiren Rijiju also took in the same capacity in the swearing in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan premises in the evening.
Chief Minister Tarun also attended the swearing in ceremony along with his other counterparts.
There is no trace of the South Korean tourist 12 hours after he went missing in Bokakhat on Sunday night. Security forces are fanning in the entire area at Latabari where he got down from the bus.
Local residents who looked for the tourists recovered his sopples in the morning. A section of the villagers told Assam Times that two leopards have been unleashing terror in the area during the last couple of days.
“We wont find it hard to believe he might be a victim of feline attack,” said a villager who along with some others joined the search operation.
He was on his way to Shillong from Dimapur via Guwahati. Search operation is underway in Bokakhat from where he went missing.
People of all walks of life in Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur are celebrating in a big way when they got to know the ministerial berth for Sarbananda Sonowal.
As the encouraging news started spreading like wildfire on Monday morning, people of all sections of the society thronged the public places to celebrate the big day.
“We have big dreams. We hope a lot. Sonowal will do something forus,” this was what Joganka Das told Assam Times in Dibrugarh.
Hundreds of people in the public places and clubs and BJP offices have organized feast to celebrate the ministerial berth for the state BJP president.
“We will celebrate the ocassion in a big way,” said the local...
In yet another major development, APCC has cancelled its extended executive body meeting slated for May 29 in Guwahati.
According to sources, APCC wil hold the meeting of the district Congress presidents on May 29 instead of the executive body meeting where AICC observers were scheduled to attend.
The state Congress committee has yet to finalise the new date for holding the crucial meeting to examine the reasons behind the poll debacle and to listen to the dissidents who have been replacement of Tarun Gogi’s resignation as chief minister.
In response to the dissidents’ demands party high command asked AICC observers to listen to the dissidents’ demands after Tarun Gogoi sought Sonia...
Its confirm. Sarvananda Sonowal get a berth in the Narendra Modi’s council of ministers on Monday.
Modi himself confirmed it to Sonowal at a meeting in Gujarat House in New Delhi in the morning.
Sonowal is expected to be sworn in as the minister of state in independent charge at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 6 in the evening.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will attend the swearing in ceremony along with his other counterparts.
In a bizarre incident a South Korean national has gone missing in Golaghat district on Sunday.
Identified as IM King Bum, he has gone missing from Lotabari area in Bokakhat. He remains clueless immeditely after he got down from the Guwahati bound bus from Dimapur on Sunday midnight.
He was on his way to Shillong from Dimapur via Guwahati. Search operation is underway in Bokakhat from where he went missing. Details are awaited.
Massive water logging in many parts of Guwahati paralyzes norml life in the city on Monday.
Many roads and by lanes in the city have been submerged in waters following a downpur in the wee hours which lashed the city for nearly one hours.
The worst-hit areas include Chandmari, Anil Nagar, Zoo Road, Nabin Nagar, Lachit Nagar where rain waters wreaked no less havoc in the morning.
Parts of the Guwahati-Shillong Road also came under the rainwaters on Monday morning causing much inconvniance for the people in this premier north eastern city.
The massive waterlogging is resulting in the traffic snarl in the RG Baruah Road, GS Road where normal life remains disrupted. ...
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