Forwarding a news clip from todays AT:
‘Unholy nexus undermining democracy’
From Our Correspondent
SHILLONG, Dec 2 – Meghalaya Governor MM Jacob yesterday drew attention to the
unholy ‘State actor-insurgent outfit’ nexus which was undermining the
legitimacy of the State and its democratic structure.
Touching on the supposed correlation of poor development in the region and
insurgency, Jacob said, in the past one decade the Centre has allocated Rs.
58,000 crore for the North East for development.
The huge sanction of fund does not justify the argument that poor development
was the cause of armed crisis in the region, he added.
“It would be significant and imperative in this regard to understand where such
‘slippages’ of development initiatives have happened and who have benefited
from such slippages,” Jacob queried. Development funds that ‘fills the coffers
of insurgent groups’ does point to a ‘State actor and insurgent group nexus,’
Jacob stated.
He was speaking during the inauguration of an international seminar on armed
conflict, development and governance at the Women’s College here.
He wondered to what extent these ‘slippages’ and the poor development have
helped in the formation of armed groups running parallel governments making the
elected governments’ effort redundant to develop the region.
Under such condition the democratic governance and citizen’s participation is
being ‘diluted’. This provides an opportunity to nurture armed resistance as a
mode of expression and resistance. Jacob called upon all sections of the people
to eschew violence and settle differences through democratic process of
dialogue and discussion.
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