TERROR ALERT / TERROR AVERT
TERROR ALERT/TERROR AVERT
North East (NE) region of our country is strategically located and shares its borders with other countries i.e. Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh but connected to rest of the country through 20 mile wide corridor called Chicken Neck. This region has suffered from insurgency since independence. Naga insurgency is the oldest of all insurgencies in the region. Presently the number of under ground (UG) outfits operating in an over ground manner, in this region, are to be counted to be believed. Their love and hate relationship due to mutual/ individual conveniences are well known. Come! Any important day i.e. Independence Day (15 Aug) or Republic day (26 Jan) or any big festival an alert is sounded either by the intelligence agencies or alert of non cooperation by terrorist (criminal) organisations. Will this alert (a norm in this region) be continued till eternity or steps taken to avert the terror filled environment? Question is when & how?
There is a story. Put a frog in the pot of boiling water. The frog will make an effort to become free of it. Though it will be shocked and scalded but jump free of the boiling water. Take another frog and put it in a pot of water at room temperature. Keep the pot on fire. Slowly the frog will get used to higher and higher temperature till it goes into stupor and dies. Probably the society of this region is now getting into a state of stupor and partially it has already died physically and in conscious (to fight back). Terror strikes can be in any form; bomb blast, raping young girls, kidnapping school kids, holding the people for a ransom etc. Although an alert is sounded before the important occasions but still incidents happen. Notwithstanding the incidents on important occasions these happen otherwise also.
Probably society has to internalise this fear unless there is fundamental change in thought process of legislators and legislated. In a discussion on terror attacks (after Ahmedabad Blasts) in one of the “BIG FIGHT” programme on NDTV, Sh. ID Swamy and Mrs Marget Alva were the participants. Instead of addressing the issues the discussion was more on mudslinging. Each one was trying to bring out what the other party had not done when it was in power. How shameful it is! Planners and Decision makers are more concerned about vote bank ideology than the course of action for peaceful and fear free life of the people they claim to represent. There is a need to graduate from narrow party line thinking to broad based nationalistic thinking. In this region, too, there is dearth of iconic leaders like yesteryears who could LEAD but we have enough of these who can DEAL. The word Politician should be respelt Politi-Scion as they are adept at fragmenting the society for own gains.
There is a lack of connect between constitutionally elected representatives, enforcement machinery and the represented. Deficiency of mutual trust will never let enliven this connection. Can there be connect between the leaders and the led when there is disconnect in words, deeds and actions (WDA) of leaders? The need of the hour is iconic leaders like Gopinath Bordoloi who synergized WDA and enjoyed loyalty and support of masses. NN Vohra committee gave a detailed account of Symbiotic relationship between politicians, UG outfits and criminals etc. But this report was not made public. This symbiotic relationship has been well established and well reported in this region. With this approach, Can these dealers deal with the situation?
Every one knows the reason for the birth of anti foreigner movement and turmoil in Assam that led to birth of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). The outfit is known to have foreign links and operate at the behest of foreign agencies like ISI, HuJI etc. Ramification of illegal influx on demography and security of the region is not receiving political response it deserves. Though CM of Assam, Tarun Gogoi is saying, “There is no foreigner on the land of Assam”. But people and judiciary are proving him wrong. Gogoi is contradicting his own statement by saying, “remarks of Justice BK Sarmah( Bangladeshis staying illegally in the state have become king makers) are provocative and might encourage people to engage in unlawful activities against infiltrators in Assam”. Similarly Hiteshwar Saikia had to swallow his own words when he said;” there are about 30 lakhs Bangladeshi infiltrators in Assam”. Such situations are a fertile ground for Anti National Elements (ANEs) to make hay.
Once again there is a mass up rise in Assam against illegal migrants. Even the political vote bank (Muslims) is turning against the Government on the influx issue. Muslim Yuba Parishad of Assam has also lent their voice to this movement (sentinel 11 Aug 08). Can these leaders address the real issues? But they are very successful in diverting the public attention on non issues e.g. centre is being approached, new force is being raised, money has been asked for raising a new force etc. Clear aim is to keep the masses under dark because lie gets halfway around the world before truth has chance to get its knickers on. Strongest possible words (in dictionary), not backed by action, are used after any violent incident.
A few words for the legislated. There is need to make the law enforcing machinery more masculine and not emasculate that machine. There is need to develop reliable and secure intelligence net work backed by political WILL. Sharing the moorings with ANEs, state Police can very well develop a successful intelligence net work. But electronic media has to avoid playing spoilsport for TRP ratings. Every citizens (more so the youth) can play role of law enforcer by timely and positive reporting. Youth jail (run by positive thinking youth) in Phek district of Nagaland (Eastern Mirror datelined 02 Aug08) has resulted in bringing down the crime rate. There are number of cases where public has taken law in their own hands and punished the miscreants in the region.
Terror has resulted in bringing down the business and thus growth and prosperity of the region. Dimapur, a business hub in Nagaland, has seen decline of 30 to 40 % in business due to criminalization and terrorist activities (Eastern Mirror datelined 04 Aug 08). Similar is the case with other parts of the region. Interested investors desist investing here due to apprehensions of insecurity. The energies, people spend on Bandhs Strikes etc can be channelised in making this region terror free a possibility. There is a need to establish the WILL at legislator and legislated level because difference between the impossible and possible is man’s determination.
Geoffery
(Readers can reach out to the author via email:jaey_geoffery@yahoo.co.in
OR post comments on Blog: jaey-geoffery.blospot.com)
North East (NE) region of our country is strategically located and shares its borders with other countries i.e. Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh but connected to rest of the country through 20 mile wide corridor called Chicken Neck. This region has suffered from insurgency since independence. Naga insurgency is the oldest of all insurgencies in the region. Presently the number of under ground (UG) outfits operating in an over ground manner, in this region, are to be counted to be believed. Their love and hate relationship due to mutual/ individual conveniences are well known. Come! Any important day i.e. Independence Day (15 Aug) or Republic day (26 Jan) or any big festival an alert is sounded either by the intelligence agencies or alert of non cooperation by terrorist (criminal) organisations. Will this alert (a norm in this region) be continued till eternity or steps taken to avert the terror filled environment? Question is when & how?
There is a story. Put a frog in the pot of boiling water. The frog will make an effort to become free of it. Though it will be shocked and scalded but jump free of the boiling water. Take another frog and put it in a pot of water at room temperature. Keep the pot on fire. Slowly the frog will get used to higher and higher temperature till it goes into stupor and dies. Probably the society of this region is now getting into a state of stupor and partially it has already died physically and in conscious (to fight back). Terror strikes can be in any form; bomb blast, raping young girls, kidnapping school kids, holding the people for a ransom etc. Although an alert is sounded before the important occasions but still incidents happen. Notwithstanding the incidents on important occasions these happen otherwise also.
Probably society has to internalise this fear unless there is fundamental change in thought process of legislators and legislated. In a discussion on terror attacks (after Ahmedabad Blasts) in one of the “BIG FIGHT” programme on NDTV, Sh. ID Swamy and Mrs Marget Alva were the participants. Instead of addressing the issues the discussion was more on mudslinging. Each one was trying to bring out what the other party had not done when it was in power. How shameful it is! Planners and Decision makers are more concerned about vote bank ideology than the course of action for peaceful and fear free life of the people they claim to represent. There is a need to graduate from narrow party line thinking to broad based nationalistic thinking. In this region, too, there is dearth of iconic leaders like yesteryears who could LEAD but we have enough of these who can DEAL. The word Politician should be respelt Politi-Scion as they are adept at fragmenting the society for own gains.
There is a lack of connect between constitutionally elected representatives, enforcement machinery and the represented. Deficiency of mutual trust will never let enliven this connection. Can there be connect between the leaders and the led when there is disconnect in words, deeds and actions (WDA) of leaders? The need of the hour is iconic leaders like Gopinath Bordoloi who synergized WDA and enjoyed loyalty and support of masses. NN Vohra committee gave a detailed account of Symbiotic relationship between politicians, UG outfits and criminals etc. But this report was not made public. This symbiotic relationship has been well established and well reported in this region. With this approach, Can these dealers deal with the situation?
Every one knows the reason for the birth of anti foreigner movement and turmoil in Assam that led to birth of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). The outfit is known to have foreign links and operate at the behest of foreign agencies like ISI, HuJI etc. Ramification of illegal influx on demography and security of the region is not receiving political response it deserves. Though CM of Assam, Tarun Gogoi is saying, “There is no foreigner on the land of Assam”. But people and judiciary are proving him wrong. Gogoi is contradicting his own statement by saying, “remarks of Justice BK Sarmah( Bangladeshis staying illegally in the state have become king makers) are provocative and might encourage people to engage in unlawful activities against infiltrators in Assam”. Similarly Hiteshwar Saikia had to swallow his own words when he said;” there are about 30 lakhs Bangladeshi infiltrators in Assam”. Such situations are a fertile ground for Anti National Elements (ANEs) to make hay.
Once again there is a mass up rise in Assam against illegal migrants. Even the political vote bank (Muslims) is turning against the Government on the influx issue. Muslim Yuba Parishad of Assam has also lent their voice to this movement (sentinel 11 Aug 08). Can these leaders address the real issues? But they are very successful in diverting the public attention on non issues e.g. centre is being approached, new force is being raised, money has been asked for raising a new force etc. Clear aim is to keep the masses under dark because lie gets halfway around the world before truth has chance to get its knickers on. Strongest possible words (in dictionary), not backed by action, are used after any violent incident.
A few words for the legislated. There is need to make the law enforcing machinery more masculine and not emasculate that machine. There is need to develop reliable and secure intelligence net work backed by political WILL. Sharing the moorings with ANEs, state Police can very well develop a successful intelligence net work. But electronic media has to avoid playing spoilsport for TRP ratings. Every citizens (more so the youth) can play role of law enforcer by timely and positive reporting. Youth jail (run by positive thinking youth) in Phek district of Nagaland (Eastern Mirror datelined 02 Aug08) has resulted in bringing down the crime rate. There are number of cases where public has taken law in their own hands and punished the miscreants in the region.
Terror has resulted in bringing down the business and thus growth and prosperity of the region. Dimapur, a business hub in Nagaland, has seen decline of 30 to 40 % in business due to criminalization and terrorist activities (Eastern Mirror datelined 04 Aug 08). Similar is the case with other parts of the region. Interested investors desist investing here due to apprehensions of insecurity. The energies, people spend on Bandhs Strikes etc can be channelised in making this region terror free a possibility. There is a need to establish the WILL at legislator and legislated level because difference between the impossible and possible is man’s determination.
Geoffery
(Readers can reach out to the author via email:jaey_geoffery@yahoo.co.in
OR post comments on Blog: jaey-geoffery.blospot.com)
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