Shillong, January 10: Unhappy over the perceived move of the Congress led coalition government of Mukul Sangma to deny them of being part of the final peace pact settlement and the benefits that accrues from it, the breakaway faction of the A’chik National Volunteers’ Council (ANVC-B) has threatened to return to the jungle and promised to return only to bring down Sangma’s government.
In an open letter to Sangma dated on December 28, 2013, released to the media on Friday, the ANVC (B) political secretary Ajaju R. Marak, said, “We have refrained from all activities that could harm but we were only brought out to be made easy targets, we will truly return to the jungle, and your government will face all music.”
Marak was referring to the peace pact signed by the ANVC(B) along with the ANVC with the central and state governments early last year after which the ANVC(B) came over ground as part of the pact and also promised to abjure violence till the final settlement were worked out. The ANVC (B) was also expecting that the government will also work out a rehabilitation package for its cadres.
However in the letter Marak lamented that the ANVC (B) cadres are instead being arrested by security forces for “no reason”.
“This we see as the corrupt policy of your government to make us desperate and frustrated with the sole intention to push us away from the peace pact, which was signed by our chairman (Rimpu Marak) on January 5, 2013 in Shillong. Since the signing of the pact, there was no initiative by the state government to assist, support and rehabilitate our cadres,” Marak said.
Marak also sought clarifications from the chief minister as to who ordered the hunt to arrest the ANVC (B) cadres; arrest of the cadres; absence of a ceasefire agreement with the outfit; why are security forces being allowed to move freely with weapons, and a host of other queries.
Marak said, “There is so much we want to know from your government why directives and law are not abided by these people (police) and instead makes us targets? We want to know the answer from the government. If there is no response, we will understand and assume your answer as negative.”
Even as Marak said that for the ANVC (B) cadres, “killing may not be a solution, but it is the easiest thing we can do”.
Since the letter was written on December 28, 2013, the ANVC (B) political secretary threatened that if no response was forthcoming by January 5, 2014, which marked the completion of one year when the agreed text of settlement was signed, the cadres will walk out of the peace pact.
“We waited for one long year for the settlement without any support and assistance from you. We will not stooped more to be hunted. We did not join the pact to be preyed upon by your police,” Marak said.
Marak also claimed that in the last one year, the ANVC(B) cadres have been doing their best to keep the agree text of settlement “alive”.
The ANVC (B) political secretary further claimed that the chief minister had a close relationship with the outfit’s chairman Rimpu Marak.
“Today, you deny your closeness with our chairman,” Marak said before enlisting the purported events to portray the chief minister’s proximity with Rimpu.
“We will leave the peace pact to you and the chairman. If there is no official response from you and your government, we will return to the jungle and will not return till we bring you and your entire house down,” Marak further threatened. –By Our Reporter
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