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Union Home Ministry figure show that more innocent
people are being killed in North-East than Jammu and Kashmir. There are two
reasons for the alarming rise in the number of deaths is the region.
Firstly, the failure of the state administration and secondly the choice of
soft targets by the militants are behind the increase in killings. It is a
pity that the State Governments of the region have failed to take advantage
of the ‘cry for peace’. The states have failed to provide adequate
support to those who dared to raise their voices against senseless killings
and mindless destructions. No wonder that Manipur has earned the dubious
distinction of being the most-troubled State in the country. Though Manipur
has an elected government, there is virtually no existence of administration
in that State. The Chief Minister is more keen to save his chair rather than
gearing up the administration to tackle the menace. Similarly, Assam, even
after getting sufficient funds for modernization of State police force,
always looks for the Central paramilitary forces to combat militancy. In
Nagaland, the State Government has done nothing to stop ongoing fratricidal
killing. The fratricidal killings are on at a time when the peace talk
between the Centre and NSCN (IM) is at a crucial stage. The inefficiency of
the State Governments has reached to such a level that now Arunachal Pradesh
is also a disturbed area. Only couple of years ago the State used to be
described as an oasis of peace in the North-Eastern region. Coupled with the
failures of the State Governments, the militants’ fancy for soft targets
is another factor for increase in number of killings. The militants are
doing it deliberately to hide the fact that their support base has
completely eroded. That is why they are planting bombs at crowded market
places, in trains and even in the gatherings of school children. The
militants have failed to read the writings on the wall. More they indulge in
such acts, more they will distance themselves from the people. Time has now
come to take a vow that the region should not top the list of disturbed
regions in the country; rather it would become an example for others on how
to get rid of troubled times.
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