A most-ordinary Pranab is trying hard to keep the millionplus strong Indian
army happy for ar a while till they are dibanded to work in farms.
Kasmir,China,N-e will melt soon as enemy territory .
Whatever shall we do then ? -is everybody's worry.
He is trying hard.
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From: "Bartta Bistar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Assam] Timid gene plays FOOL'S GOLD in Indian Army theatre of
war.
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:52:24 +0000
Pranab asks Ulfa for more
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050923/asp/guwahati/story_5273878.asp
SUJAN DUTTA
Rangiya (Assam), Sept. 22: Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee today
described the constitution of a team of mediators by the militant Ulfa as a
good gesture, but one that needed to be backed by substance for Delhi
to even consider a complete halt to army operations.
There is no ceasefire in Assam. A proposal for one is not enough, said
Mukherjee, who was in Assam on the last leg of his tour of the Northeast.
He drew a clear distinction between the security policy in Manipur, where
the army has signed agreements to suspend operations against eight militant
groups, and that in Assam.
A mere suggestion that operations should be suspended because a committee
(the Peoples Consultative Group) had been formed to negotiate with the
Centre was not enough, the defence minister said.
The army continued its operation against Ulfa militants in the
Dibru-Saikhowa forest reserve in Upper Assam even as Mukherjee went about
his engagements in the state, including extensive briefings by senior army
officials.
Buttressing the defence ministers views on Ulfa, the armys Tezpur-based 4
Corps headquarters issued a statement on the militant groups activities.
Ulfa continues to carry out extortion, recruitment, killing and
kidnappings of innocent people and has shown no signs of giving up its
terrorist activities or eschewing the path of violence.
In a separate statement, the army contradicted reports of 12 Ulfa militants
being killed in Dibru-Saikhowa. It said there were encounters on August 25
and 26 at Paglang, during which a militant identified as Ritu Borah and a
police constable were killed. Two militants were taken into custody.
Between September 4 and 9, the army found warlike stores from two
abandoned camps inside the forest reserve. On September 10, another
militant, Himanshu Bora alias Subhash Serang, was killed. Ten days later,
two militants, Achinta Saikia and a woman comrade identified as Jahnabi,
were killed.
The statement said reports that 12 militants had been shot dead were
motivated to bring army operations to a halt.
Mukherjee said a ceasefire could be implemented only after the security
establishment in New Delhi agreed to the proposal and laid down the ground
rules.
The defence minister reacted angrily to a question on whether Delhis
policy smacked of doublespeak because it was carrying out a military
operation and talking peace at the same time. There is no question of
double standards. There cannot be a ceasefire merely because somebody has
proposed it.
He said the Peoples Consultative Group formed by the militant group
cannot dictate terms to the government.
On complaints about harassment of civilians in Dibru-Saikhowa, Mukherjee
said the army operation might have inconvenienced villagers, but that was
bound to happen. Army chief Gen J.J. Singh said human rights violations
would be sternly dealt with, though there was no report of any.
Mukherjee was at Rangiya, headquarters of the armys 21 Mountain Division,
where he addressed troops. He left for New Delhi later in the afternoon and
headed straight for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security.
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