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."
PermalinkSubmitted by Tom on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 08:28
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.
The Asom Gana Parishad alleged that a section of government employees were engaged in rigging at Bornijora booth in the Lok Sabha polls which is a fit case for CBI probe.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that these incidents have turned the entire poll process into a farce.Mahanta further opposed the arrest of the person who photographed the entire incident in his camera at the polling station when a VDP member allegedly pressed the EVM buttons on behalf of a section of voters.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday promised all possible steps to preserve the remains of historic building a day after it was ravaged by fire in Guwahati. Visiting the debris of the site in Fancy Bazar, Gogoi ordered a high level probe to ascertain the cause of the fire that gutted nearly 20 houses on Sunday wee hours. Talking to the reporters, the chief minister said that the enquiry would cover the alleged delay in the arrival of fire brigades into the spot.
Guwahati has escaped a huge explosion that could have resulted in large scale death and destruction when security forces seized a huge quantity of explosive in Paltanbazar.The explosives weighing over 50 KG were intercepted from the possession of a person during a search operation of railway security forces in Paltabazar station on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, GRPF personnel conducted a search operation at the Railway station where they seized the explosives from the possession of a person who is believed to have hailed from Darjeeling.Investigation is going on.
At least 7 people were killed and nine others have been critically injured when a truck carrying them slipped into a deep gorge in Bajali district on Sunday.The incident took place early in the morning at Saderi on the National Highway No 152 when the truck was on its way from Pathsala to Dumuni .It slipped into the gorge after the driver lost control over the truck. Local residents extricated the bodies and rushed 5 persons to the Barpeta Medical College Hospital while 6 others to a local hospital in Bajali.One person died on the spot while five others were rushed to the hospital where they succumbed to their injuries. All the injured have been battling for life.
Properties worth crores of rupees along with a 108 year old building reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in Guwahati on Sunday.The fire broke at Lakhtokia area in Fancybazar in the wee hours where as many as 70 houses were gutted.The fire was believed to have originated from electric short circuit which later engulfed many houses within a short period of four hours.The burst of domestic LPG cylinders further compounded the problem. A 108 year old building where former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed housed for many decades also gutted in the fire.Over ten fire tenders took over four hours to bring the situation under control. The real extent of damage is yet to be ascertained....
Amid tight security, repolling is underway in altogether 15 booths covering four Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday.Voters in large number are waiting to vote in the polling booths which began at 7 in the morning.Long queues of voters were seen in a section of polling booths even from 6 in the morning.The booths include three in Guwahati, nine in Kokrajhar and two in Nagaon and one in Mongoldoi constituency where polling was disrupted because of EVM malfunctioning.Guwahati polling booths include No 1 Hengrabari LP School, No 180 Ganeshpara School and Ramchiary School under West Guwahati Assembly segment.The repolling will continue till 5 in the evening.
The Election Commission will conduct repolling in Bornijora polling booth after it confirmed vote rigging on Thursday.Official sources in Guwahati said that repolling would take place from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon in the booth under the Jalukbari assembly segment.The commission ordered repolling after the chief election officer apprised it of rigging by a local VDP member who pressed the EVM buttons on behalf of a few voters in full view of the presiding and polling officers.BJP and AGP separately demanded repolling in the booth alleging massive rigging on Thursday.
A day after the rigging expose at the Bornijora polling booth, a BJP delegation alleged the role of a powerful minister.A BJP delegation including the Guwahati candidate Bijoy Chakrabarty alleged before the chief election officer that a power minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet is behind the entire exercise.Later talking to reporters the BJP leaders said that the voters are quite disappointed with these incidents where an unauthorized VDP member was allowed to press the EVM button on behalf of a section of voters.
Police have picked up six polling officials deployed at Bornijora booth in North Guwahati where a VDP member pressed the EVM button on behalf of a section of electorates in full view of them on Thursday.Police swung into action a day after a private satellite channel beamed the entire story with exclusive footage of the alleged exercise at the booth in Jalukbari Assembly segment.Kamrup (Rural) DC, Dr J Balaji, further lodged two complaint against Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Congress candidate Manas Bora suspecting their roles in the entire incident.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that he is ready to quit if his party fails to put up impressive show in the Lok Sabha polls.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said that he would quit as soon as “Soniaji” wants him to do so.Notably, he has been saying that he would quit if his party fails to strike more than 7 seats in the polls.
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