IMPHAL, Sept 25: Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat Tuesday stated that militancy has become an “industry” in which many sections of the society are obtaining “huge profits” at the expense of the people of the state. He stressed that even at such stage, it is possible to resort to talks and make all attempts to bring about a resolution.
The Governor made a speech at the inaugural function of a 3-day seminar on “Good Governance in Manipur-Dialogue with Civil Society and Capacity Building and Management” held at Hotel Classic, Imphal.
Gurbachan attending the function as chief guest said, “From information that we have received not only from sources but from interrogation of arrested suspects and from the information obtained from their computers, it has been found that the undergrounds have invested heavily in foreign countries and within India. This only goes to prove my point that militancy has become an industry in which many sections of the society are obtaining huge profits at the expense of the people of the state. Even at this stage, we can resort to talks and make all attempts to bring about a solution.”
He said this is all the more necessary because there is another dimension to terrorism and that is support to such groups from outside the country and underscored the need to invest much more in increasing development, giving justice to the people and fighting the underground and that governance can become a top priority in such situations.
It is never too late and if begin action putting emphasis on good governance and development while at the same time isolating the underground, it would be getting closer to achieving “goal of peace,” the Governor further suggested at the inaugural function of the seminar jointly organised by State Academy of Training, Manipur, State Nodal Agency (Integrated Watershed Management Programme—IWMP) and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
Expressing his strong desire to teach the police and security forces the basic of human rights, Gurbachan also emphasised that the police and security forces need to be sensitised in case of operations conducted within the country.
He also said, “In the initial training as well as in the refresher courses, they should be taught the basics of human rights and they should also be taught that we are engaged in a struggle with our own people and hence it needs different handling.”
“Any intentional act of violatiopn of human rights should be severely dealt with within a short period so that the message goes home to all the others.”
The function was also attended by Manipur chief secretary D.S. Poonia and M Joy Singh, Additional Director, State Academy of Training, Manipur.
In the Imphal seminar, 22 different NGOs from 11 states are particpating, including four from the Northeast.
In today’s seminar, Prof Amar Yumnam of Department of Economics, Manipur University spoke on the topic, “Governance and Conflict Resolution.” Dr Vijaya Lakshmi Barora, Department of Sociology, Manipur University also delivered her speech on the topic, “Unity in Diversity-Harmonization of Inter-Ethnic Relation,” while Y Joykumar, Director General of Police, Manipur spoked on ‘Increasing Opportunities—A Step Towards Conflict Resolution.”
The seminar is being held in four different zones in the country. For the Western Zone, the seminar was held from September 10-12 at Mumbai. In respect of Southern Zone, it will be organised at Bangalore from October 10-12 and from November 29 to December 1 for Northern Zone in Delhi and for Eastern Zone it has been organised at Imphal.
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