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.
Delhi police have detained at least 25 north eastern students when they staged dharna in Vijoy Chowk demanding justice for the Nido Tania, who was killed by goons in Lajpotnagar. The students, mostly, from Jawaharlal Nehru University suddenly staged blocked the road leading to the Rashtrapati Bhawan shouting slogans for justice to Nido Tania.Despite appeal, police resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the agitating students. At least 20 JNU students have been detained.
Union minister Ranee Narah on Friday good the taste of BJP protest in Dibrugarh a day after she accused Sarbananda Sonowal of accepting bribe for Rajya Sabha polls from DoNER minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar.Hundreds of BJP workers thronged the Dibrugarh Circuit House after she arrived in it in the morning. With banners and festooned the BJP workers shouted slogans asking her to substantiate her allegations against Sonowal and Prasanta Phukan.But she managed to leave the Circuit House with the help of her security guards.On the other hand, BJP workers in all district and sub divisional headquarters hit the streets and burnt the effigy of the Union minister and asked her to substantiate her...
Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s daughter Prajaeta Kashyap has filed a complaint against Padma Hazarika charging the Sotea MLA with defaming her.In in the complaint she filed at the Panbazar Police Station against Hazarika, she accused the legislator of unnecessarily dragging her name in the Rajya Sabha voting anomalies when he was holding a talk show a private satellite news channel on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that steps are on to firmly deal with the cases of racial attacks on the north eastern people in Delhi.During his meeting with Nido Tania’s parents in New Delhi on Friday, Dr Singh assured the bereaved family members that they would get justice and that they won’t allow these incidents to repeat further.He told Nido’s parents that his government would ensure exemplary punishment for the goons who killed the Arunachal Pradesh student. MP Takam Sanjay also was present in the meeting. The Arunachal Pradesh Student was killed by the goons in Lajpotnagar in the capital triggering massive protest in the capital where various parties, organizations and...
The Supreme Court has directed the eight north eastern states to formulate common rules to deal with the cases of racial attack outside the region.Hearing a public interest litigation on Friday, a division bench of the apex court comprising chief justice of India and Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the north eastern state governments to submit the rules to stop racial attack by the next 7 months.The PIL was filed in view of the growing cases of racial attack on the north eastern people in New Delhi along with some other states. Very recently, an Arunachal Pradesh Student was killed by the goons in Lajpotnagar in the capital.
Tezpur, of late, has become a safe transit route for a section of miscreants to smuggle unique reptiles.Police arrested two youths at Koliabhumura in Tezpur on Friday after being seized two gecko from their possession.During interrogation, the youths confessed that they were on the way to Manipur after procuring the unique reptiles. Investigation is going on.
Assam BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday dared Union minister Rani Narah to substantiate her allegation of accepting bribe from Pawan Singh Ghatowar four months ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.In a statement, the BJP leader who is likely to contest her directly in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Lakhimpur, said that the Union minister must substantiate her allegations within 7 days.Sonowal said that her allegations are not based on facts and that never did ne take any bribe from the DoNER minister.
DoNER minister Pawan Singh seemingly is waging war against Ranne Narah after she revealed that Ghatowar paid BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal Rs 4 crore four months back.Narah said that apart from Sonowal, Ghatowar further paid Rs 1.50 crore to BJP MLA Prasanta Phukan for helping the ruling party candidates win the Rajya Sabha polls.Ghatowar told reporters in Delhi that he would lodge a complaint before the party high command against Ranee Narah.
The BJP panel set up to probe the voting anomaly in the Rajya Sabha poll is all set to submit its report on Friday.Senior BJP leaders told Assam Times that the report would be prepared before the state party president for action against the legislator who intentionally got his vote cancelled.Led by senior leader Mison Ranjan Das, the three member panel grilled all the five legislators to fine out the truth behind the allegations. They include Parasanta Phukan, Ranjit Dutta, Jadav Deka, Manoranjan Das and Dilip Moran.
In a major development, Congress high command is understood to have been considering the name of Jainimi Bhagawati to be fielded in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Tezpur seat.Senior AICC leaders told Assam Times that Bhagawati, who is at work in London, is the only choice of prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh who is well known to him.Bhagawati, a retired Indian Foreign Service officer has a strong family back ground and his father is a veteran Congress leader and freedom fighter. But final decision would be taken only after recomeendation from Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita.
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