{"id":148124,"date":"2014-09-22T01:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T01:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2014\/09\/22\/assams-border-policy-flayed\/"},"modified":"2014-09-22T01:02:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T01:02:37","slug":"assams-border-policy-flayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2014\/09\/22\/assams-border-policy-flayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam\u2019s border policy flayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

 Assam Govt. allowing militant groups to operate in border – UNTABA –<\/span>
\nUnited Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) accused the \u201cgovernment of Assam and its law enforcing agencies of deliberately allowing various militant\/terrorist groups to operate in Assam-Nagaland border areas\u201d.
\nWhile reacting to Assam chief minister\u2019s revelation that there was the possibility of Al-Qaida setting up bases in Assam, UNTABA said that as of now, Assam and its law enforcing agencies were guilty of allowing militant\/terrorist groups to operate in Assam, particularly in the border areas of Assam and Nagaland.
\nIn a press release, UNTABA chairman Hukavi T. Yepthomi said the systematic policy of the Assam government to settle illegal immigrants and Adivasis in the border areas of Nagaland, well inside the traditional land of the Naga people has apparently backfired in the light of Gogoi\u2019s statement on the danger posed by Al-Qaeda.
\nThe association said the people of Assam should know that as a result of the diabolical design of the Assam government and its security agencies, almost all the destructive elements in the Northeast as well as from mainland India have set-up their bases in the inter-satte border areas having short-term as well as long-term ramifications for the security of genuine Assamese people and the Northeast for which Tarun Gogoi should be held accountable.
\nUnited Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas said some of the militant groups having their bases in Assam-Nagaland border area were:  HNLC (Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council); KLA (Kuki Liberation Army); NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura); ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom; AANLA (All Adivasi National Liberation Army); AASS (Assam Adivasi Shraksha Sena); KLNLF (Karbi Longri National Liberation Front); KLO (Kamatapur Liberation Organisation); BTF (Bengali Tiger Force); MULTA (Muslim Liberation Tiger of Assam); BCF (Birsa Commando Force); GTF (Gorkha Tiger Force); MSF (Muslim Security Force); BLTF (Bodo Liberation Tiger Force; remnants of LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam); PULF (Peoples United Liberation Front); KPLT (Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers) and  UPDS (both Accordist and Non-Accordist).
\nUnited Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas also argued that the \u201cmost scandalous\u201d issue in this episode was the fact that there was much lobbying in the higher echelons of  Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for the senior officers to get posted in buffer zones manned by the \u201cneutral force\u201d CRPF.
\nThe association said \u201cit was an established fact\u201d that senior CRPF commanders posted in these \u201cbuffer zones\u201d had understandings with \u201cmilitant\/terrorist groups\u201d by allowing them to set up bases there for \u201cmonetary gains.\u201d The association said being posted there was probably the most lucrative in India besides Indo-Bangladesh border crossing in Meghalaya manned by BSF. 
\nIf the Al-Qaeda sets up bases in Assam, in all probability it would establish links with the underground elements already operating in the border area and Central Reserve Police Force and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi would be held responsible for the same, said the association.
\nUNTABA requested Union Ministry of Home Affairs to take both CRPF and Tarun Gogoi to task for having played with the security of the people for monetary and communal politics.
\nThe association also alleged that \u201cTarun Gogoi has patronized the settlement of illegal immigrants\/Adivasis\u201d and thereby militant\/terrorist groups in the border areas knowing that the land belongs to Nagaland.
\nIn his frenzy to whip up the emotions of Assamese people for his electoral gains, Tarun Gogoi has unwittingly played into the hands of Al-Qaida, alleged UNTABA.
\nThe association argued that the issue was not between Nagas and genuine Assamese people but \u201cvote bank politics, terrorism and security\u201d of Northeast people and India as a whole.
\nRALH reiterates stand to oppose resettlement of Adivasis <\/span>
\nRalan Area Lotha Hoho (RALH) Sunday reiterated its stand to oppose the forcible resettlement of Adivasi tenants with the help of Assam government.
\nRALH vice chairman Nyimathung Odyuo and press secretary Er. K.I. Moyo in a press release informed that resettlement has been taking place in \u201cthousands\u201d in recent days despite repeated appeals to address the issue and arrive at an acceptable agreement between the two neighbouring states and the landowners of the area.
\nThe hoho said the Assam government as \u201chabitual offenders\u201d has once again shown \u201cinsincerity\u201d towards the issue by playing down the rights of Nagas. This has led to the testing of patience of the Lotha Nagas all these years, said RALH.
\nThe hoho also alleged that the Assam government was preparing to \u201cwage war\u201d against the helpless landowners by establishing 11 Assam Armed Police (AAP) camps in the area defying all past border agreements.
\nRALH observed that Nagaland Armed Police (NAP) and IRB personnel deployed in the area have been mute spectators of the questionable activities of the Assam government officials and AAP who along with the Maoists have frequently entered Lotha Naga villages and continuously transporting the tenants (Maoist Adivasis) for resettlement.
\nThe hoho asked Nagaland government to order NAP and IRB personnel to be equally responsive in controlling the situation.
\nRALH has also requested the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to intervene and resolve the issue immediately based on historical facts failing which the hoho would not be held responsible for imminent consequences.
\nBorder week along Nagaland-Assam border<\/span>
\nStaff Reporter<\/p>\n

DIMAPUR, SEP 21 (NPN): In an attempt to strengthen border relations specially in border areas of Jorhat district adjoining Mokokchung district of Nagaland, the Jorhat District administration would be organizing a \u2018border week\u2019 along Assam-Nagaland border from September 22 to September 26.
\nAs per the \u2018agenda for border week\u2019 schedule, Jorhat district administration led by the Deputy Commissioner Jorhat district Solanki Vishal along with his team of officials would interact with people living in inter-state border areas and organize \u201cGaon Sabha\u201d programmes at five different venues.
\nSources informed that said Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) members have also been roped in as a stake holder in all the programmes scheduled.
\nThe president and secretary of Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland), Nakachari have been officially intimated about the programmes.
\nThe Assam team would also visit 13 Border Outposts (BOPs) namely Chutiakari, Rajabari, New Sunitia, New Sononwal, Khermia, Ghabroru, Desoi Vally, Gorajan, Gahorichowa, Bandarcholiha, Bekajan, Panikheti and New Panikheti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Assam Govt. allowing militant groups to operate in border – UNTABA – United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) accused the \u201cgovernment of Assam and its law enforcing agencies of deliberately allowing various militant\/terrorist groups to operate in Assam-Nagaland border areas\u201d. While reacting to Assam chief minister\u2019s revelation that there was the possibility of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}