Tuki-led Congress ministry expanded, one dropped

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GANGTOK, FRIDAY 26 DECEMBER 2014
Chetia repatriation after
wanted criminal is sent to
Bangladesh
Tripura tribal party denies
demand of separate state
Agartala , Dec 25 : Tribal
based
opposition
Indigenous Nationalist
Party of Tripura (INPT)
has denied the demand of
separate tribal state within
the state of Tripura in the
name of “Twipra land”.
Talking to media INPT
General
Secretary
Jagadish Debbarma today
said ahead of election to
Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous
District
Council (TTAADC), a
section of tribals has been
raising the demand of a
separate state, which is
nothing but an instigation
to crack the communal
fabric.
“INPT neither raised
such an irrational issue
before nor supported the
argument of creation of
community, caste, language or religion based
state in India.
This will not only dilute
the core issue of the backward tribals, but create
fresh
tension,”
Mr
Debbarma stated.
Arunachal
sounds high alert
afterAssam
violence
Itanagar , Dec 25 :
Arunachal Pradesh on
Wednesday sounded a high
alert after a series of attacks
by suspected NDFB(S)
militants at Sonitpur and
Kokrajhar districts of
n e i g h b o r i n g
Assam.Besides, the home
department has issued
directives to the deputy
commissioner and SPs of
all the districts bordering
Assam to keep a strict vigil
on possibility of ultras
sneaking into the state’s territory after the massacre,
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki
told reporters here.“All the
available
paramilitary
forces have also been
instructed by the department to conduct patrolling
along the border areas,” he
said. Condem-ning the incident, Tuki expressed solidarity with the families
who lost their near and dear
ones. Referring to the
directives of the chief secretary and DGP to seal the
border and advising people
not to visit Assam because
of the volatile situation,
Tuki said the directive was
issued for a brief period so
that people travelling to the
neighbouring state would
not face harassment.
He, however, pointed
out that
unless
development
plans for tribals are not
being implemented properly and socio-economic
conditions of poor tribals
are not upgraded, separate
state can’t help the tribal
communities.
Mr Debbarma further
stated that in earlier election, INPT had an alliance
with the Congress but in
the ADC election scheduled in June next year, the
party
will fight alone against
ruling CPI(M). However,
if there is a scope for
greater coalition against
leftists,
INPT will extend support, he added.
“We have decided that
fighting with Congress is
not beneficial to us. In
past 10 years when
Congress led UPA govt
was at the centre,
INPT had raised several issues for strengthening
of ADC and development
of tribals but they did
nothing towards the
demand except mobilizing
the party for electoral politics,” he maintained.
INPT delegation had
met Home Minister
Rajnath Singh to pursue
the longstanding eight
point charter of demands
for empowerment of ADC
on December 15 last.
He assured to raise the
demands of INPT in the
next
session
of
Parliament.
“More power to ADC
includes financial autonomy and direct funding to
ADC by the central government,
to
include
Kokborok in 8th schedule
of the
Consti-tution and proper implemen-tation of
tribal development program besides,
upgra-dation of social
infrastruc-ture in tribal
infested hilly areas to
remove the sense of isolation,” Mr Debbarma
underlined.
Guwahati , Dec 25 : Ulfa
general secretary Anup
Chetia could finally be
heading home from 'protective
custody'
in
Bangladesh immediately
after Nur Hossain, a wanted Bangladeshi criminal
now
imprisoned
in
Kolkata, is sent to the
neighbouring country for
trial.
An accused in seven murder cases at Narayanganj
in Bangladesh, Hossain
fled to India and was
arrested by Kolkata Police
in June for illegally entering India.
A source said India has
confirmed to Bangladesh
that it would hand over
Hossain within this month
under the newly signed
Tuki-led Congress ministry
expanded, one dropped
Itanagar , Dec 25 : Arunachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on
Wednesday expanded his ministry by
inducting three and drop-ping one member into his seven-month-old council of
ministry in a simple function held at Raj
Bhawan, here.
The three newly-appointed Ministers
are- Wanglin Lowangdong, Rajesh Tacho
and Thang-wang Wangham, while senior
Minister and In-charge of Health Department Kalikho Pul has been dropped from
the ministry.
There were 10 members, including
Chief Minister in the Nabam Tuki ministry, while two seats remained vacant.All
the members have got Cabinet rank.
Mr Tuki is serving the state as Chief
Minister for the second consecutive term
since November 2011, replacing former
Chief Minister late Jarbom Gamlin
through a political turmoil in the government.
Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay
Sharma admini-stered the
oath of office and secrecy to
the legislators in the presence
of
Ministers,
Parliamentary Secretaries,
MLAs and other high government officials.
Earlier, Mr Lowangdong
served as the Speaker of
State Legislative Assembly
in previous Tuki government. He was elected from
Bordumsa-Diyun Assembly
constituency in Changlang.
However, Rajesh Tacho,
representing Anini Assembly segment in Dibang
Valley district, was the Minister of Urban
Develop-ment, Town Plan-ning and
Fisheries in the earlier ministry, but did
not get a berth in the present ministry.
While, Mr Wangham, who earlier,
served as Parliamentary Secretary,
Printing Department, has been newly
inducted in the council of Minsitry. He
was representing the Assembly from
Longding-Pumao constituency under
Longding district.
In the 60-member Legislative
Assembly, Congress has 46 members,
BJP’s has 11 members and Independents
two. One seat is vacant following the
death of former CM Jarbom Gamlin due
to liver thrombosis on November 30. He
was elected on INC ticket from Liromoba
constituency in West Sinag district of
Arunachal Pradesh.
Portfolios of the new inducted
Ministers will be allotted by this evening,
informed Mr Tuki, on the sidelines of the
swearing-in ceremony.
extradition treaty between
the two countries.
"This is not an exchange
(Chetia for Hossain).
Hossain is an undertrial
prisoner in Kolkata and
will be sent to Bangladesh
for trial. Chetia has completed his sentence
for illegally entering
Bangladesh and possessing foreign currencies. He
is in protective custody
offered by the Bangladesh
judiciary
after
he
expressed a threat to his
life," the source said.
The source added, "India
wants Chetia and technically he will be repatriated."
Chetia is wanted in several cases of terrorism,
including the killing of a
superintendent of police.
Chetia, whose real name
is Golap Baruah,
is the brain behind the
birth of Ulfa in 1979 and
is Paresh Baruah's cousin
brother.
The anti-talks faction of
the
outfit
(UlfaIndependent), led by
Paresh Baruah, had earlier
written a letter to
Bangladesh
Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina
requesting
that Chetia should not be
swapped
with
Bangladeshi criminals.
The outfit urged Hasina
that Chetia be handed
over to India through a
decent repatriation mechanism as he has volunteered for the same.
Tarun Gogoi flays
Assam chief
secretary's leisure trip
after serial attacks
Guwahati , Dec 25 :
Assam chief minister
Tarun
Gogoi
on
Wednesday criticized state
chief secretary Jitesh
Khosla for continuing his
family tour and enjoying
an elephant ride at
Kaziranga National Park
even after massacres of
adivasis by NDFB(S) terrorists in three districts.
"That is not good on the
chief secretary's part. He
should have immediately
come back," Gogoi said at
a press conference here.
Local TV channels have
been reporting Khosla's
trip along with visuals of
elephant ride with his
family this morning at the
Kaziranga National Park.
At least 65 persons were
killed and 15 injured in a
series of attacks by
NDFB(S) terrorists last
night at six places in
Sonitpur, Kokrajhar and
Chirang
districts
of
Assam.Besides, three persons were killed this
morning when police
opened fire on violent protesters in Sonitpur.Around
2,500 people have fled
their homes and are staying in relief camps after
the
attacks,
official
sources said.
Christmas celebrated with zeal and fervour in northeast
Aizawl/Kohima/Agartal
a, Dec 25 (IANS) :
Christmas was celebrated
Thursday across northeast
India with special prayers,
hymns, and mass in
churches, besides the traditional spread of delicious food.
Over
5.3
million
Christians
live
in
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Meghalaya and Manipur
while there are a significant number of Christians
in the other northeastern
states.
The celebrations began
from Wednesday night
with church services and
fellowships where the
congregation
sang
Christmas carols - both
western and local songs,
composed by the local
spiritualists and composers.In Mizoram capital
Aizawl, police officials
said the Christmas eve
celebrations Wednesday
night were completely
peaceful.
"Heavy
security
arrangements have been
made in the capital city
(Aizawl) and other parts
of the state to hold the festivity peacefully," senior
police
official
L.R.
Dingliana Sailo told
reporters.
The traditional festive
spirit was evident everywhere as Aizawl city and
other places of Mizoram
were bathed in decorations and illuminations.
Praise and worship services
marked
the
Christmas and community
feasts would be held
Thursday and Friday in
most of the villages and
localities of the urban
areas.The festive spirit
has also gripped the
plains, hills and valleys of
Nagaland as Christmas
celebrations started with
the stroke of midnight
when church bells rang,
signalling the birth of
Jesus Christ.
Churches, private and
government buildings,
schools, markets and
homes have been decked
up and illuminated in
Kohima,
Dimapur,
Mokokchung and several
other towns and villages
of
predominantly
Christian Nagaland.
Shoppers have been
thronging markets for the
last few days, while people staying elsewhere and
students pursuing academic careers in other states
have
returned
their
hearths and homes join
the festivities.
Various state governments in the region have
announced holidays for
several days to enable the
people to join Christmas
celebrations.
Governors and chief
ministers of the northeastern states have wished the
people on the occasion.
Churches in Mizoram,
Nagaland and Meghalaya
play a very active role in
the life and culture of the
northeastern states.
"Christianity is the harbinger of modernity as
well as women's liberation in Mizoram. The
Christian missionaries,
therefore, are regarded as
a symbol of modernisation, leading to gradual
changes in the conservative attitude of men
towards
women,"
a
Church head Zosangliana
Colney told reporters in
Aizawl."In a reciprocal
gesture, Tripura government has been supplying
electricity to Mizoram (15
MW) and Meghalaya (20
MW) to help these states
to meet their additional
power requirements on
the occasion of the
Christmas,"
Tripura
Power Minister Manik
Dey told IANS.
He said during the
Durga Puja, Mizoram and
Meghalaya provided electricity to Tripura to meet
its additional requirement
of power.Non-Christians
are also participating in
the celebrations and feasts
organised by various
Christian organisations.
3
Assam bleeds: Toll
mounts to 68
Guwahati , Dec 25 :
Violence spread in Assam
on Wednesday as the toll
in the massacre of tribals
by Bodo militants rose to
65 including 21 women
and 18 children, sparking a
retaliation in which Bodo
homes were torched and a
police station attacked
leaving three more tribals
dead (total 68) allegedly in
police firing.
According to reports,
two Bodos people were
killed when the Adivasi
people burnt a number of
houses belonging to the
community in Kokrajhar
district. There was no official confirmation of the
deaths. UNI puts the death
toll at 70.
Violence spread to a
f
o
u
r
t
h
district–Udalguri–when
the militants of the antitalks NDFB(S) who were
behind the ethnic violence
in three districts on
Tuesday fired at villagers
and burnt houses injuring
one person.
The attack triggered
another round of retaliation in which the Adivasis
set ablaze over 60 huts of
Bodo people at Lamabari
and Udalguri weekly market.
As authorities mulled an
offensive against Songbijit
faction
of
National
Democratic Front of
Bodoland (NDFB), Union
Home Minister Rajnath
Singh called the carnage
as a “terror” act and that it
will be dealt with accordingly.
Army has been deployed
in all the violence-hit areas
and is ‘actively’ involved
in maintaining law and
order situation since last
night,
a
defence
spokesperson said.
Curfew
has
been
clamped in all the disturbed
areas
under
Sonitpur, Chirang and
Kokrajhar districts, police
said.
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state government won’t be
cowed down by the dastardly killing of NDFB-S
militants and informed that
police, paramilitary forces
and the Army have
launched joint operation.
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are staying in relief camps
after the attack, an official
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will be launched against
NDFB militants jointly by
police, paramilitary forces
and army in the wake of
the violence, sources said
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