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.
An AGP delegation comprising MP Joseph Toppo and former ministers
Utpal Bora and Atul Bora was on a stock taking visit to Diphu on
Sunday. They held a meeting with local organisations and appealed that
violence be stopped and protesters press their demand in a democratic
manner. They further blamed it all on the government for this burning
situation.
Karbi Anglong district administration reimposed the curfew on Sunday after relaxing it between 8am and 12pm. Miscreants also removed railway tracks near Doldoli in the district, disrupting train services through the hill district to upper Assam and Dimapur.The various organisations threatened to intensify the agitation for a separate state on the lines of Telangana. The 100-hr hills district bandh in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, called by Hills State Democratic Party (HSDP) and scheduled to begin tomorrow, has been deferred in view of the prevailing situation in Karbi Anglong.
Violence refuses to die down in Karbi Anglong over the demand for a
separate state with government offices.
Office of the additional chief engineer of irrigation department and
the Khadi Board office, equipment and machineries of public works
department here besides a forest beat office at Amri, a land records
office at Long-e-Kur, were set ablaze by agitators.
Over 50 people have fallen ill after having prasad at a religious
function organized in Kamrup district on Sunday.
The local residents in Rangiya had gathered at a house in Nabapur
village in Rani area for a religious function and ate sprouted grams
which was offered as 'prasad' on Saturday night.
The ailing people complained of stomach ache, vomiting and other
symptoms related to food poisoning and were admitted to Rani primary
health centre.
The condition of ten persons, including some children, was stated to
be serious and they have been shifted to Guwahati Medical College
Hospital.
The Kamrup district administration has ordered an inquiry into the
incident and the food...
Tension is simmering in Diphu after two persons were killed in police firing in violence in the agitation for a separate Karbi Anglong on the lines of Telangana which also spurred GJM on Thursday to call for an indefinite bandh in Darjeeling from Saturday for Gorkhaland.As large-scale arson broke out, the Army, called in on Wednesday, was on stand by to assist the Karbi Anglong district administration with police and paramilitary forces on patrol.
Amid simmering tension police fired in the air near the All India Radio building after agitators set ablaze satellite dishes halting broadcast and relay and torched a waiting room constructed of wood. One person Gautam Timung was killed in police firing taking the death toll to two in Karbi Anglong district with statehood agitators defying indefinite curfew and targeting All India Radio and other public buildings in Diphu over the demand for a separate state carved out of two Assam districts.
Guwahati slips into a reign of terror amid fear of ULFA attacks when a powerful bomb explosion rattled the city on Sunday evening leaving atleast 8 people injured. The explosion took place in front of the Hotel Geetanjali near the Paltanbazar Police station. The injured have been sent to the hospital. The entire area is still being cordoned off to nab the miscreants. The number of injured people is expected to rise. Eyewitnesses saw two motorcycle born miscreants hurling the grenade just before it went off with a huge sound.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that ULFA was trying to strike in many form only to make its presence felt.Addressing a press conference, Gogoi said that external forces were working behind the outfit. But, he was quick to observe that the strength of the insurgents has declined. He said, “we are resilient and the security forces have foiled many attempts.”
he definition of crime has expanded to various fields like child-trafficking and cyber crime, the police force needed to be trained to handle such cases, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Saturday, Gogoi said that police are fully controlled insurgency compared to many state police.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said that a task-force would be set up within a month to look into the modernisation of the police and to control terror incidents.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said, “We are going to constitute a committee. It will be a task-force. It will deal with the issues of how to modernise the police and how to contain such incidents.” The task-force was likely to have members from various security agencies like police and army, besides prominent public figures.
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