NC Council leaders bribed militants, says Commission
It isn’t too often that inquiry commissions in the North-East
point out what has long been obvious: that militants and anti-national elements would not call the shots here, unless the governments in power – either covertly or overtly – allowed them to do so.
But this time it’s different. The Manisena Commission, set up to probe the violence that has rocked Assam’s North Cachar Hills over the past few years, has dealt a body blow to the recently dissolved NC Hills Autonomous Council. The commission said the council leaders were directly involved with militants of the Dima Halim Daogah (Jewel group).
The commission’s report that was made public last week says leaders of the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) and of the district’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – both of whom ruled the council – had offered Rs 2 crore to a militant group during council elections. Of this amount, Rs 1 crore had already been paid.
Partha Warisa, the self-styled ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ of the DHD (J), allegedly told police that the money had been made available by Mohit Hojai, BJP leader and chief executive member of the NC Hills Council. While Hojai was arrested, the council was dissolved by the state government, leading to a political confrontation between the BJP and the ASDC that ruled the council and the Congress-ruled state government. The government has handed over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The ASDC meanwhile has denied the allegations made by the commission. “This is a conspiracy. The Manisena Commission did not speak to any of our members, only to the Congress,” claims Prakanta Warisa, NC Hills president from the ASDC. As for Hojai paying off Partha Warisa in Meghalaya, he said, “This could have been something personal of which I am not aware.” The commission has gone on to say that the last council misappropriated Rs 18.09 crore.
It isn’t too often that inquiry commissions in the North-East
point out what has long been obvious: that militants and anti-national elements would not call the shots here, unless the governments in power – either covertly or overtly – allowed them to do so.But this time it’s different. The Manisena Commission, set up to probe the violence that has rocked Assam’s North Cachar Hills over the past few years, has dealt a body blow to the recently dissolved NC Hills Autonomous Council. The commission said the council leaders were directly involved with militants of the Dima Halim Daogah (Jewel group).
The commission’s report that was made public last week says leaders of the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) and of the district’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – both of whom ruled the council – had offered Rs 2 crore to a militant group during council elections. Of this amount, Rs 1 crore had already been paid.
Partha Warisa, the self-styled ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ of the DHD (J), allegedly told police that the money had been made available by Mohit Hojai, BJP leader and chief executive member of the NC Hills Council. While Hojai was arrested, the council was dissolved by the state government, leading to a political confrontation between the BJP and the ASDC that ruled the council and the Congress-ruled state government. The government has handed over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The ASDC meanwhile has denied the allegations made by the commission. “This is a conspiracy. The Manisena Commission did not speak to any of our members, only to the Congress,” claims Prakanta Warisa, NC Hills president from the ASDC. As for Hojai paying off Partha Warisa in Meghalaya, he said, “This could have been something personal of which I am not aware.” The commission has gone on to say that the last council misappropriated Rs 18.09 crore.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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