Shillong, Jan 14: Denying in link with any militant outfit, Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma said, “Dr Mukul is one among the very few politicians who do not keep any link with militant outfit. It is known to everybody, it is known to the people, it is known to the Government of India and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).”
The chief Minister was reacting to the sensational allegations recently made by the ANVC(B) political secretary Ajaja R Marak that Sangma had used them to become the chief minister in the last term.
Countering the allegation, Sangma said that the allegation posted by the ANVC(B) political secretary is malicious, distasteful and the subsequent developments are demonstrative of deep rooted conspiracy to malign his image as the chief minister and to create confusion in the minds of the people.
Sangma also asserted that the allegation is indicative of some vested interests who have hatched political conspiracy has penetrated the ANVC(B) to further their political plot and conspiracy against the him as the chief minister and my government. He said, “The way the letter is scripted in English and the political interpretation within the letter tells more that what meets the eye.”
Defending himself, Sangma said number of times when the issue of political-militant nexus have been raised, he had maintained that it cannot rule out but in absence of any evidence to substantiate the nexus, the government cannot legally proceed based on such allegation.
Talking strong about the peace pact, Dr Sangma informed that the government stand interpretation is that the ANVC(B) will only be consider as part of ANVC and not ANVC (B) for technical reasons for ensuring that the state government do not need to take initiate for a new peace pact and spend more time as there will be no ending.
Sangma informed that in the discussion with government of India the state government said that if it want to achieve the kind of peace that is being talking about on a sustainable basis, then it is incumbent on the government to have a policy which practically allow the ANVC to ensure that the breakaway groups and the deserters also are put within the same umbrella. So the ANVC(B) will be part of the agreement as the ANVC and not the breakaway group.
Speaking about another militant outfit, the GNLA Sangma said the government approach has to be uniform. He said the government on number of occasion has maintained that it would like to have dialogue on all issues and settle it within the frame work of our constitution. He said there are robust mechanisms to address all issues across the table in a peaceful manner without having to take up arms and resort to violence activities to redress any issues or grievances. He, however, said for this to take place the GNLA must give up all their arms and criminal activities.(SP News)
