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Have inputs on politician-militant nexus:
Mukul Sangma
Tuesday October 02, 2012 11:33:22 PM,
IANS
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Shillong: Meghalaya
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday said that his government has
received inputs on state politicians hobnobbing with militants.
"There are inputs which indicate that there is a nexus between
certain politicians of various political parties and militant
outfits," Sangma told IANS.
He added: "We are working on getting further inputs to corroborate
with the inputs we already have."
Sangma's statement assumed significance in the wake of jailed Garo
National Liberation Army (GNLA) chief Champion R. Sangma's
declaration that his outlawed outfit would support the ruling
Congress in the 2013 assembly elections in five districts of Garo
Hills in western Meghalaya.
"I have always maintained that the nexus between politicians
cutting across party lines with militants cannot be ruled out and
these inputs that we have need to be substantiated," the chief
minister said.
He maintained that in the event of substantive evidence emerging
on the nexus between politicians and militants, the provisions of
law will prevail.
The chief minister said: "I warn politicians to refrain from
piggy-riding on militants as it has dangerous ramifications for
the state. But when we are dealing with criminals, we have to deal
with the same yardstick."
Asked to comment on the jailed GNLA chief's declaration to support
the Congress in the assembly elections, Sangma said: "The Congress
does not need the support of criminals."
Earlier, the United Democratic Party (UDP), a key ally in
Meghalaya's Congress-led coalition government, had accused some
Congress leaders of hobnobbing with the outlawed GNLA and has
decided to take up the issue with the central government.
"The party (UDP) has taken serious note of some of the Congress
leaders' complicity with the outlawed GNLA," UDP spokesperson Paul
Lyngdoh said.
Champion, whose outfit is fighting for a separate Garoland in five
districts of Garo Hills in western Meghalaya, was arrested July 30
near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya. He was accused of
waging a war against India.
"The decision of the GNLA to support the Congress in the state
assembly elections to be held in 2013 reflects the desperation of
the Congress to come to power at any cost," the opposition
National People's Party state unit president W.R. Kharlukhi said.
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