IMPHAL, Sept 26 – Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat has expressed the need to provide good goveranance to the people of the State whether there is a conflict or not. If there is incompetence, corruption and injustice, such areas will become the breeding ground for new conflicts, he said.
Addressing the inaugural function of the three day seminar on ‘Governance for conflict resolution’ here today, the Governor said like Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur will be a mythological place in a matter of two or three generations after those Manipuri students studying outside the State, stays back there after obtaining jobs.
“Hence the need to ensure good governance, anticipate problems and problem areas and take corrective action. We should not wait for the house to be set on fire before we start dousing the flames,” said the Governor.
“No conflict arises overnight. There can be a sudden agitation on some unrest occurring or some other problems affecting an area but such agitation are usually localised, isolated and resolved by mostly the district administration”, he observed.
“If as in the case of Manipur or some other States, the demand for sovereignty is made, they should be told at the very outset that this is not negotiable and this can neither be discussed nor granted,” he added.
There should be no room left for different interpretations because this leads to the kindling of hope that with little or more pressure the demands might be acceded to and this leads to continued struggle without scaling down of demands.
“…I have seen it personally from Punjab to J&K and Manipur that with the passage of time all these fanciful demands ultimately get reduced to simple and massive extortion by these “freedom fighters”, he said.
Stating that the main objective of collecting huge sums of money is being achieved without resorting to killing; he said the major groups have their fixed source of income, example, exortions from big businessmen, transporters, shopkeepers, government departments, etc.
It is only the splinter groups who carry out the kidnapping, grenade throwing, etc., to coerce people into giving them some money, the Governor observed. It is to be remembered here again that a lot of money that goes to underground coffers come from development funds of the government which means that the people are again at the receiving end.
He further added whether it is the government or the underground elements, the common object of their misdeeds is the common man in whose name everybody claims to be fighting.
From the information that we have received…It has been found that the UGs have invested heavily in foreign countries and within India, he said. This only goes to prove my point that militancy has become an industry in which many sections of society are obtaining huge profits at the expense of the people of the State.
Manipur Chief Secretary DS Poonia, DGP Manipur Y Joykumar and top civil and police officials besides leaders of civil society organisations attended the inaugural session.
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