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.
The businessman who was shot at by miscreants in Sonari succumbed to his injuries at a private nursing home hours after he was rushed to it in Dibrugarh on Friday.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.He sustained serious injuries at his womb when two motorcycle born youths pumped several rounds of bullets at him in front of the Sonari College in the evening.Lunawat fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.
A businessman sustained serious injury when pumped several rounds of bullets at him in Sivasagar district on Friday.The shoot out took place in front of the Sonari College at around 6-30 in the evening.Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that two motorcycle born started indiscriminate firing at the businessman as he was walking on the road.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the businessman fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.A grievously injured Lunawat was rushed to the Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh where his condition is said to be critical.
In a major relief for Akhil Gogoi, the Gauhati High Court on Friday granted bail to the KMSS president in three more cases.A bench of the High Court comprising Justice CR Sarma granted bail to the peasant leader in all the cases. The three cases were registered anew.Two cases came from Khetri police station while the another case was registered with Bharalumukh police station.The court took up the petition on Thursday. But could not pass its judgment due to non receipt of case diaries from the police.With this, Gogoi procured bail in all cases nearly a month after he was arrested initially in connection with the sensational self immolation case in Dispur.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi launched yet another scathing attack on BJP and its prime ministerial candidate when he campaigned for Bijoy Krishna Handique in Sivasagar on Friday.In his address, Gogoi said that BJP has a black chapter in its history. Not only, he said that the party was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.“What to do? Will you vote for the Gandhi killer party? Or the party which has been serving the crores of poor people?” said Gogoi.He further said that Modi wind blows in the sky while Congress is attached to the ground.
A section of Congress leaders seem to have targeted media in the poll campaigns these days.Sonari MLA Sarat Borkotoky on Friday accused a section of media of campaigning for BJP. In his address at a poll rally in Sonari to campaign for BK Handique, the aged political leaders said that section of media has already been sold to BJP and that’s why, they are averse to give any publicity of what Handique has done.He, however, said that Handique will win the poll with flying colours.
Congress workers in Jorhat Lok sabha constituency are working with redouble vigour a day before prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s poll campaign on Saturday.Dr Singh, who represents Assam in Rajya Sabha is scheduled to arrive in Jorhat at 11 in the morning and would straightly leave for Sivasagar by a helicopter where he would attend poll rallies in Sivasagar and Mahmora to campaign for Bijoy Krishna Handique.Then he is scheduled to address another poll rally at Khumtai in Golaghat in the afternoon. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar kalita are also scheduled to attend the meeting.
Police on Friday suddenly took away Akhil Gogoi from Guwahati Medical College Hospital hours after he was rushed to it following the complaint of back ache.“He was taken away through a special gate of the GMCH to avoid his supporters who were thronging the hospital premises to a glimpse of him from early in the morning,” said a KMSS activist.“A special team of doctors closely examined his health and prescribed medicines for immediate relief and was discharged,” said sources. Amid tight security police rushed Gogoi to the Hospital a day after they received directives from the sessions court.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday called BJP a balloon to be air-pumped in the time of elections.Campaigning for Bijoy Krishna Handique at a meeting in Sivasagar, the chief minister said that the balloon-like BJP is punctured after the election.He said that the voters will take into consideration what the Congress governments in Delhi and Dispur have done during the last ten years.In the same breath, he hoped that the people should pause and ponder over what they got during the NDA tenure in Delhi and AGP tenure in Dispur. He said that he was confident that Congress candidate BK Handique will win the polls from Jorhat.
Amid tight security police have admitted Akhil Gogoi to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital following his complaint of back ache.The complaint was not new. But police rushed the KMSS president to the GMCH on Friday morning a day after they received sessions court instruction to ensure better treatment.His supported thronged the GMCH premises to get a glimpse of their leader at around 11 in the morning.Gogoi was arrested on March 2 wee hours in connection with the sensational self immolation case in Dispur. After five days in police custody, he was remanded to judicial custody in a number of cases.
Properties worth lakhs of rupees were damaged when storm lashed parts of Nalbari and Barpeta districts on Friday.The storm erupted in the wee hours and lasted for half and hour destroying hundreds of houses.Surface traffic communication remained disrupted for several hours as many trees fell on the roads under the impact of the storm.The worst-hit areas include Tihu where over 200 houses were ravaged, trees, light and telephone posts were uprooted. The extent of damage has yet to be ascertained.
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