NATIONAL: UPA to name 3 troubleshooters for J and K, Nagaland, Gorkhaland
Posted by barunroy on July 14, 2009
FROM INDIAN EXPRESS
The UPA government is activelyconsidering appointing interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir, the Gorkhaland agitation and has decided to replace its Nagaland interlocutor K. Padamanabhaiah.
Sources said former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, who tackled the Charar-e-Sharif crisis in 1995 as Joint Secretary, is front-runner for the job of Centre’s Kashmir interlocutor, a post lying vacant since N N Vohra became Governor in June 2008. The new appointment may renew New Delhi’s political process with the separatists. The Cabinet Secretary will lead a team of Secretaries to Srinagar next month.
Former Home Secretary Padamanabhaiah, sources said, may not get an extension when his term expires. He was appointed by the Vajpayee government on July 28, 1999 and after a decade of engagement with the Naga leadership, New Delhi feels the ground situation has not changed much. Moreover, the Naga groups are also seen to be supporting other movements in the North-East.
The Muivah-Swu group was involved in trouble in the Tirap-Changlang sector of Arunachal Pradesh and found to be encouraging groups in the North Cachar hills as well as Left wing extremists.
With the Gorkha Jagaran Manch, headed by Bimal Gurung, stoking fires in the strategically important chicken neck area across the Chumbi Valley in North West Bengal — an indefinite bandh has been called — the Centre’s decision to appoint an interlocutor is expected to set the negotiation process rolling.
Laaaaaaaaa said
This is stupid… and worst kind of arm chair reporting… and I had commented on the same in Indian Express but they didn’t publish my comments and I am not surprised…
To begin with its Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and not Gorkha Jagaran Morcha
2ndly Chumbi valley is in Tibet [which is a separate country] and not in North West Bengal.
3rd Darjeeling is the North Eastern most district of West Bengal.
Indian Express is edited and run by a pro-Bong people… no surprises their reporters cannot even get their facts right… adn this is supposed to be a National Paper?? Sucks
timepass uncle said
your comment might be not putlished due to your name i.e. laaaaaaaaaa. such names are not entertained in the national newspapers. ok? news papers r not blogs which r gatichhara to some extent.
Laaaaaaaaa said
Oooooooo is that so?? I didn’t know that… thanks for letting me know.
Sanity said
#4.
Chumbi Valley – How on earth did this reporter get this name into the report? OK even if he was doing arm-chair reporting he could have GOOGLED – which says the valley is in Tibet!
JTM said
interlocutor: one speaks in dialogue.
for J&K, Gorkhaland and Nagalamd.
interlocution with Nagaland: more than a decade
interlocution with J & K: more than many decades
interlocution with Gorkhaland: ???
Sanity said
#5.
Interlocution sounds more like “interlocked” – never to come out of each others grips. Hopefully we too will not be “interlocuted” for long!
Sanity said
What is amazing is such serious issues are handled by “interlocutors” who cannot take major decisions. No wonder none of the problems in Kashmir, Nagaland and Gorkhaland has been resolved – in fact they are becoming worse by each passing day. We need ministers sitting in the parleys not some human tape recorder.