PTI
IMPHAL, AUGUST 31
Manipur Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to ensure that the recently signed Naga ‘Peace Accord’ did not compromise with the territorial integrity of the state.
The resolution, moved by the CM Okram Ibobi Singh, said “this House while welcoming the fresh initiative of the government of India to bring peace in the north-eastern region of the country resolves to urge the Union government to ensure that the ‘Peace Accord’ of 3rd August, 2015 signed by the government of India and NSCN(IM) and any subsequent agreements do not impinge on the territorial integrity of the state of Manipur.”
The resolution also appealed to the Union government to ensure that all stakeholders, especially Manipur, were taken into confidence, the peace process be transparent and no fresh discords should be brought while attempting to settle an existing one.
“The House still further resolves to urge the Union government to amend Article 3 of the Constitution of India by incorporating that prior consent of the state legislature of the affected state(s) shall be mandatory while forming new states, alteration of areas and boundaries or names of existing state,” the resolution said.
The Naga Peace Accord was signed on August 3 last, but its details are yet to be made public.
Was Goyal Union Home Secretary replaced as he wanted information on Naga peace deal, asks Cong
Congress on Monday said that the sudden removal of LC Goyal as Union Home Secretary could be because of his seeking information on the Naga peace accord the Centre signed with NSCN (IM).
“Government may have got upset with him because of his seeking information on the Naga accord as the Home Ministry was not aware about the development. It could have been thought as to how he could dare...”, senior party spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters.
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his style of working, he noted that in the last 15 months two Home Secretaries of the government of India were “insulted and removed” and a Foreign Secretary was also sacked unceremoniously.
Sharma alleged that the Prime Minister’s “authoritatian style of functioning and arbitrary decision-making undermines the cabinet form of governance. It is not a Presidential form of governance.”
He charged that the Prime Minister, from day one, has started a policy which is “dangerous for modern India”, in which his ministers don’t know about the secretaries their departments are going to have.
