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.
A huge explosion at an oilfield in Duliajan seems to have created panic among the local residents on Thursday.The explosion took place with a huge sound in the evening at the Oil India Limited owned No 5 oilfield.But the authorities have called it a technical trouble resulting in the massive fire that threatens to engulf the entire oil field. Details awaited.
Akhil Gogoi has appealed to the KMSS leaders and activists not to hold any protest demanding his release.The KMSS president, who is in police custody for the last four days told his advocate that the activists should not take resort to violence in the name of protest against his arrest. Gogoi, along with five of his associates were arrested on Sunday wee hours in connection with the recent self immolation case.
Police again got remand of Akhil Gogoi. But only for one day.The Kamrup chief judicial magistrate extended the police remand by a day in after the KMSS president along with five of his associates were produced before the court on Thursday.Police sought Gogoi and his associates in their remand for five more days for investigation and interrogation in a number of serious cases. But the court allowed the police to take Gogoi in their remand for only a day.After medical check up, Gogoi along with his 5 associates would be produced before the court on Friday.Earlier, they others were produced in the court amid tight security in the court premises four days after they were arrested in connection...
Police have altogether 35 cases pending against Akhil Gogoi.This was what police told the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate on Thursday.CJM court on Sunday asked police to furnish the case dairy details against him when the produced the KMSS president after arresting him in connection with the recent self immolation case.
BJP on Thursday virtually rejected any alliance with AGP for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Talking to reporters in Guwahati, senior party leader SS Ahluwaliah said that the party would field candidates in all 14 Lok Sabha constituencies.It suggests that the party will go it alone in the general polls.Notably, despite stiff resistance from home state unit, a section of AGP leaders has been holding talks with BJP central leadership to forge pre poll alliance with the regional party.
State BJP unit has failed to fine tune the list of the candidates for the Lok Saha polls slated for April 7, 12 and 24.The Opposition party held its election committee meeting in Hotel Rituraj in the morning in presence of S S Ahluwaliah. But the meeting could not proceed in the face of difference within the heavyweights.State president Sarbananda Sonowal is leaving for New Delhi on Thursday to prepare the panel of the candidates in a day or two.The party is expected to announce the list next week.
Internal bickering seems to touched a new low within the poll bound Congress.Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi on Thursday called on party president Sonia Gandhi and apprised her of the state of affairs hardly a month ahead of the Lok Sabbha polls.Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Gogoi, whose son is a contender from Jorhat seat, said that he urged her to field competent candidate in the general polls.Significantly, he is understood to have told the high command that all was not well in the ruling party.He urged Gandhi that only the winnable candidates should be fielded in the polls.
In a bid to curb EVM tempering in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has the state government employees not to deal with the EVMs in the polls.In an order, the country’s poll panel has said that Amtron employees are not entitled to deal with the EVMs.The Commission further has asked BCL and ECIL employees to check the EVMs.The Election Commission has passed the restrictions after it took serious cognizance of AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s complaint that the Amtron emplyees might help the ruling party manipulate the voting machines.
Security forces claimed to have killed a hardcore NDFB-S militant at an encounter in Kokrajhar on Thursday.The incident took place at Aaodang bazar when two armed militants started indiscriminate firing at a joint team of police and army jawans.When retaliated with firing, one of the militants died on the spot while another sustained serious injury.Later police claimed to have seized three greandes, a bike and two mobile phones from the encounter site.
The death of a girl from Manipur inside a hotel room seems to have mired in utter mystery in Guwahati on Thursday.The incident took place at the Hotel Welcome in the Ulubari area where the girl from the Ukhrul district in the north eastern state has been lodging with a boy whom she falsely identified as her brother.But the boy who in fact, hails from Udalguri informed the hotel authorities that the girl was found hanging.The body was sent for post mortem. But the reason of the suicide has yet to be ascertained.
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