Complete re-look at Look East policy urged

CORRESPONDENT
ITANAGAR, March 4 – Arunachal Pradesh MP Kiren Rijiju has urged the Centre to give a complete re-look at the Look East policy to make the North East one of the economic hubs of the country.

The infrastructure needs of North East must receive a special attention to get the region connected with the East and South Asian countries.

Participating in a discussion in the Parliament recently, Rijiju said that the Union Government must understand the feelings and sufferings of the common people and make the North East including Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of the progressive India.

Besides expressing his discontent at the Centre for not making any special announcement for the development of North East, the young BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh drew the attention of the House about the burning problems ranging from security, law and order, foreigners issue, etc., that are confronting the development of the NE region.

Today, the security scenario of North East is deteriorating day by day and the common people are feeling more insecure and anxious about their lives and properties, as the underground elements are making use of the NE as their safe haven.

Besides, the illegal influx of Bangladeshi migrants into the region is alarmingly increasing, thereby affecting the demography of North East, Rijiju said. Although the Supreme Court has indicted the Union Government for failing to check the illegal infiltration of foreign nationals, he said the State Governments of North East region bordering Bangladesh must initiate pro-active measures to check the menace.

Talking about insurgency and terrorism in North East, the MP lamented that the several security agencies based in the region are not strengthened enough to support the State machinery in handling the decades-old insurgency problem. Moreover, the State police forces of North East are not being provided adequate Central assistance to modernise and equip itself properly to fight the menace of terrorism.

Drawing the notice of House about the current deadlock between Arunachal Government and its employees over the latter’s pay package demand as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, Rijiju said the Centre must intervene immediately to break the impasse and fulfill the State’s demand for granting Peace and Green bonus so that the aggrieved employees could be paid the pay package, which is due to them. Assam Tribune