Quote of the Week
Home Secretary Sh G K Pillai, quoted on IBN
I think the blockade is totally illegal.
I think the illegal activity has to stop.
We have made an appeal..to ensure that the blockade is removed
…we cannot allow blockade to continue
Image courtesy: Babus of India
In the meantime, the Nagas appear to be in no mood to lift the blockade
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the maze that is Indian bureaucracy, Sh Pillai is the highest-ranking bureaucrat in the Ministry of Home Affairs that
discharges multifarious functions, important among them being the maintenance of Internal Security..
although
‘public order’ and ‘police’ are the responsibilities of States
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Finally…
The Home Secretary has told NDTV that Central forces will move in on Tuesday to break the two-month-old Manipur blockade.
Shantanu,
Sh Pillai is the highest-raking bureaucrat in the Ministry of Home Affairs thatYou mean highest-ranking? If you twist the meaning slightly though, his position is capable of raking some known stuff really well.
OOPS!..Thanks for spotting…now corrected.
Indian Govt takes cognizance of things only when the people affected by the problem takeup violence. This thick skinned approach is forcing more and more people to take the violent path. How much more thick skinned can a governament be, which did not give a hoot about the blockade all these days. They dint care because unlike other states like kashmir, assam, nagaland etc there is no insurgency here. Indian govt has to reflect if its thick skinned nature is the primary cause for breeding seccionism. Where is the great MEDIA all these days? They were least bothered because, the woes of manipur are not BREAKING enough for the INDIANS.
I am in totally agree with Ravi’s comment. When peaceful demands does not able to make top people to act, people are forced to act violently.
Finally at last blockades are temporarily removed.
It is media and rest of the country people whose ignorance about own nation people in Manipur has caused them to suffer such inhumanity. So we are also one among the culprit may be of less pointed.