SHILLONG, NOV 20: Proscribed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) feels that Meghalaya should have its own established policy to solve the insurgency problem through “political dialogue” even as it demanded immediate announcement of the name of the interlocutor to start the peace process.
“The existing problem of the HNLC and the Meghalaya government could not be solved through military action and a solution will come only through political dialogue,” HNLC publicity secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw said in a statement on Thursday.
According to him, the state government should have its own established policy to solve the insurgency problem.
Stating that the transitory and temperamental policies of a chief minister in this regard will not serve the purpose, Nongtraw said, “It is not a game of mystery and the chief minister should lessen the hurdles as far as possible in the continuation of the policy so that his initiatives can bring its positive result.”
The outfit further pointed out that in the democracy a chief minister is like one of the players of a team in the game of relay race and he should always be as energetic as those players who are more careful to win the race.
“He need not worry to be a champion in solving the insurgency problem since the post independence political history of India had many examples of armed rebellions ending through negotiations,” Nongtraw said.
The HNLC also demanded that the state government should also announce the name of the interlocutor appointed to start the peace process as early as possible so as to avoid any misunderstandings in the peace process.
“At this juncture the outfit has the vision of a developed, peaceful and a progressive Hynñiewtrep,” Nongtraw said adding “The HNLC’s spirit of fighting, resisting, advancing is getting stronger day by day.”
Nongtraw also said that since the state has returned to the natural setting of politics along with civilized dialogue so it is absurd to say that the outfit has been forced to sit at the table, when it was the state and Dr Mukul Sangma that had initiated the peace process.
The HNLC also maintained that it is ready to negotiate, because a political solution has always been its banner and that of its movement.- By Our Reporter
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