Shillong, April 21 (IANS): The Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B), a disbanded rebel outfit in Meghalaya, on Thursday said the Agreed Text of Settlement signed with the government was a "total failure" and threatened to burn the document publicly.
However, a Union Home Ministry official said a lot of progress has been made in the implementation of the Agreed Text of Settlement signed with the disbanded Garo rebels -- the ANVC and its breakaway faction ANVC-B.
"The agreement with the government is a total failure. Till today, the implementation of the agreement has not been monitored properly by the government," former ANVC-B Chairman, Bernard Rimpu N. Marak said. He said the Agreed Text of Settlement with the government is in a "standstill" after it was signed on September 24, 2014 as the government did not take any interest in the implementation of the Agreed Text of Settlement.
Slamming the Mukul Sangma-led government for the delay in providing the rehabilitation packages to ANVC-B, Marak threatened to burn the Agreed Text of Settlement publicly if the government fails to disburse the package within September 24, next.
"Fearing queries they did not even held meetings with us (ANVC-B) to review the progress of the agreement. The state played with us by delaying and dishonouring the agreement. Burning away the agreement is what we have in our mind now," Marak said.
