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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 3
Mizoram bans entry of ATRFM demands disbursement of fund to
paramilitary personnel till Aug tribal beneficiaries
15 as COVID-19 cases spike IT News witheld the disbursement of family oriented schemes have Women’s & Children
Imphal, Aug 5 funds to the beneficiaries been diverted and all other Programmes, Medical and
who are ignorant of the funds meant for ST Health, Education etc.
Agency has been making massive personnel were freely roaming schemes and also poor communities of the State However, the State
Aizawl, August 4: efforts to contain the spread in public places and were The All Tribal Rights’ section of the society. It has under TA&Hills have been governemnt has not
of the deadly virus in the state using public amenities such as Protection Forum Manipur become a routine for the State diverted consistly which is a disbursed the fund to the
The Mizoram government has since February in spite of its banks, ATMs and visiting (ATRPFM) has expressed Government to divert the the clear indication of beneficiaries till date even
decided not to allow enormous economic and marketplaces, which caused disapproval to the inaction of funds meant for Scheduled suppressing the rights of the after a lapsed of more than a
paramilitary personnel enter financial challenges. panic and unrest in the state. the State Government for tribes under TA&Hills poor tribal people and play year and 5 (five) months from
the state till August 15 in the However, the main hurdle the Considering the COVID-19 non-disbursement of funds including scholarships of the with their livelihood. the end of last financial year.
wake of the surge in COVID- state is facing in its efforts is tally of the paramilitary to the beneficiaries of Family students which is highly TA&Hills is the only The ATRPFM demands the
19 cases among the forces, an the unrestricted movement of forces, I am extremely Oriented Schemes under condemnable. No fund meant Department which provide State Government and the
official said on Tuesday. paramilitary forces, the chief perturbed about the Tribal Affairs and Hills, for ST communities has been some kind of economic reliefs au thorities /dep artment
The decision was taken at a minister said. propensity of the paramilitary Government of Manipur for disbursed on time by the and also allow to carry out concerned to disburse and
meeting between officials of He said that daily statistics of forces turning out to be the financial year of 2018-19 present State Government some important family credit the approved amount to
the state government and the new COVID-19 cases reported super-spreaders of COVID-19 and 2019-20 till date. The which negate the whole oriented activities for the bank account of the
paramilitary forces on in the state indicates that the in the State and therefore, I union government has objects of this Department implementation of various beneficiaries, failing which we
Monday, he said. majority of new cases are seek your kind intervention in already released the and defeat the actual spirit of programmes like Agriculture, shall be seek remedies before
It was agreed at the meeting, detected among the issuing suitable orders, sanctioned amount to the the Constitution. Horticulture, Animal the Union Ministry of Tribal
which was chaired by Chief paramilitary. Zoramthanga said in his State Government, however, The fund for scholarship has Husbandry, Flower Fisheries, Affairs and also file PIL before
Secretary Lalnunmawia Zoramthanga also mentioned letter. the State Government has been diverted, the funds for Piggeries, Industries, the High zcourt of Manipur.
Chuaungo, that a decision on in his letter that the state Mizoram reported 22 more
allowing the security government has written cases of COVID-19, taking the
personnel to enter the state several times to the heads of state’s tally to 504. Tetso College conducted a webinar on
would be taken after August the paramilitary forces in the Among the new cases are
15 based on the prevailing state to curtail avoidable seven security personnel,
coronavirus situation, the movement of their personnel according to the state health “Participatory Democracy – Activism as Tool
official said. and to restrict inter-state department.
Chief Minister Zoramthanga travel. So far, 249 security personnel for Critical Engagement”.
also urged Prime Minister However, from my reading of and NDRF staffers have
Narendra Modi to temporarily the records maintained by the tested positive for COVID-19
withhold inter-state state government, it appears in the state, as per the IT News complex political paradigm and attended by students from systems that perpetuate the
movement of all paramilitary to me that the paramilitary department. Dimapur, Aug 5: economic imperatives. These different parts of Nagaland, status quo - where the powerful
personnel during this month forces are going about their There are 222 active cases in are but weaknesses and faculty members and respected (elected) become even more
to contain further spread of deployments and leave the state while 282 people The challenging local, challenges that need to be members of the society. powerful and the powerless
COVID-19 in the state. sanctions as if it is business have already recovered. regional, national, and global minimised over the long James Pochury spoke about Naga masses (the electors)
In a letter addressed to Modi as usual, he said. Mizoram shares international context within which the Nagas term. What is most disturbing necessity of political activism become perennially powerless.
on Monday, Zoramthanga Zoramthanga said he had borders with Bangladesh and are struggling to find its feet and urgent, though, is about and how it is relevant to a “To actively promote social and
said that the state government been informed that incoming Myanmar. and to walk tall and dignified, the “internal challenges” that present day situation where economic justice, where a win-
is complex and seems the Nagas have control over, Naga society has been trapped win equation is a non-negotiable
Contd. from page 2 insurmountable. These are but and yet, would do nothing in a complex socio-political principle - asserted, demanded
and enjoyed by an alert and
“external challenges” which
about it. For this, the Tetso
conundrum. He emphasize on a
every nation and peoples have College invited James need of peaceful political conscious Naga citizenry.
their own fair share of. The Pochury, a program officer activism within the legal Fulfilled by a transparent and
Manipur Home returnees..... Nagas, despite surviving a from an International NGO in framework to claim and reclaim accountable governance system
New Delhi to speak on
that is embedded in Naga ethos,
the legal and constitutional
thousand years as a civilization
in its own right, from colonial Participatory Democracy – rights. He also spoke on social expressed in Naga Democratic
In fact these migrant regulations and entry fees purchase of passenger and post-colonial onslaught of Activism as Tool for Critical transformation and social Socialism. We cannot take on the
workers are exploiting the do not make any difference vehicles, etc are provided to militarisation, Christianisation Engagement” in a Webinar on development in the present day powerful status-quoists with the
locals for their (locals) to these non locals. the needy and deserving. and globalisation, have no 4 th August, 2020. The webinar Naga context. He critically same mindset that created the
laziness and unwillingness to Whatever expenditures they Poultry, piggery, fishery, control whatsoever over what was moderated by Dr. examined as to why it is problem in the first place. We must
do certain type of works. incurred on ILPS is horticulture, farming, etc are essentially stems from outside Aniruddha Babar; a Political necessary to positively become powerful to take on the
Through an interview recovered through several other employment of their location and immediate Scientist, Lawyer and an expert transform the unjust and powerful. Through counter-
conducted, it is gathered that increased wages and profit and income earning areas for context – the global economy, in International Law and unequal power structures and hegemony”. He concluded.
a non local ‘head mistry’ in margin anyway. both the educated and
masonry and plumbing works Insurgency or armed uneducated alike.
here earns handsome income militancy in the state is The lure and craze for Centre agrees to transfer actor
as a local government linked with unemployment easy and fast money has
contractor. The ‘head mistry’ problem. This can be true if spoiled the present
identifies a contract work in white collar jobs or generation. The youth must Sushant’s death case to CBI
construction field and government service alone is focus on changing their
through a phone call brings considered as an mindset with regard to work.
in the number of required employment. Interestingly Ironically those youths who By Raju Vernekar This also resulted in much investigating [the case]. Bihar court should hear me. Our
skilled and unskilled workers the number of unemployed have returned home this Mumbai, Aug 5: tension between the police of Police have no right to sit in request is to transfer the
from outside the state. He people registered with the time are the ones who have the Maharashtra and Bihar. judgment of our investigation. investigation of FIR registered
arranges rental rooms for his employment exchange at a actually gone to different Amid a political turf war Bihar IPS Vinay Tiwari (SP, Under principle of federalism, at Rajiv Nagar Police Station
employees, procures given time always stands parts of the country in between Maharashtra and Patna - Central), who landed Mumbai Police is in Patna from the state of Bihar.
provisions for them and around forty thousand to search of work only. Now Bihar over jurisdiction, in Mumbai to investigate the investigating. All allegations This was what we were
guides them in their work fifty thousand. The total that they cannot work and the Central Government on case, was ‘ quarantined’ for 14 thrown on Mumbai Police seeking transfer of. The
sites without himself doing number of underground earn outside the state they Wednesday told Supreme days. Sushant’s family, along investigation are politically reason why we asked for an
any physical work. The profit cadres in the entire state must think in terms of finding Court that they have accepted with the Bihar government, motivated. interim prayer for stay over
he earns in private would be less than ten and engaging themselves in the recommendation to hand had been seeking a CBI probe Solicitor General Tushar all proceedings and
construction contracts is to thousand anyway. Even if 50 suitable jobs most of which over the Sushant Singh Rajput in the matter and today the Mehta, appearing on behalf of coercive action against
the tune of several lakhs of percent of the state’s blue have been grabbed by the death case investigation to the Centre said that it has the Union of India: Now that Rhea Chakraborty was
rupees per month. In collar job sector is occupied non locals leading to CBI. accepted the recommendation the CBI is taking over, whether because there was very
plumbing works, a head by the by the local potential exploitation of the state The petition will now be heard to hand over the case to CBI. Bihar Police are doing a good serious apprehension,
mistry contractor on an work force then the number natives and drainage of the in the next week. The Supreme Court: As of now, job or Maharashtra Police are because there were press
average earns a profit margin of underground cadres and state’s money. There is Enforcement Directorate is perhaps Mumbai Police have doing a good job is not reports that a four-member
of Rs, 4000/- to 5000/- in a militancy would dwindle to nothing which cannot be already inquiring into the registered a case of unnatural important. Let evidence not be team from Bihar had landed
three to four hours work a great extent. The state learnt and done. It is alleged misappropriation of death. FIR filed in Patna has destroyed. in Mumbai. There should
where he would take two to government at any point of heartening that quite a money from Sushant’s bank raised certain other issues Senior advocate Shyam not be any coercive steps
three labourers for a small time would never be able to number of locals have taken account by his his former live- also. This case has hogged too Divan for Rhea Chakraborty taken by Bihar Police
repairing work after paying provide government jobs to to tiles work which hitherto in partner and actor Rhea much of media time and : In light of the statement made against Rhea. We require a
them (labourers) around Rs, all those qualified was considered non locals’ Chakarborty attention. For police personnel by the Solicitor General, the no coercive steps order.
600/- to 700/- wage each for individuals or seeking exclusive expertise area. On Tuesday, Bihar chief (Patna IPS officer Vinay Tiwari)
the less than half a day’s government jobs. Plumbing is an area which minister Nitish Kumar had to be quarantined does not
repair work. An electrician The state government the locals have not tried to made the recommendation to send a good message. Are you
charges Rs. 2000/-to 3000/-for have started to encourage pick up so far. This is equally hand over the case of sending the right message?
a day’s work. Are these entrepreneurships through a lucrative work area abetment of Sushant’s The Maharashtra Police,
people having enough work/ start-ups, vocational exclusively dominated by suicide, registered against Bihar Police, Centre and
contract all the time? Yes. training, skill development the non locals. Once the non Rhea to the CBI following a Sushant Singh Rajput’s
They are never free even for and other self employment locals are replaced or request from Sushant’s father families should file replies
a single day and always have schemes to absorb deprived of their working K.K. Rajput. within three days.
plenty of works in line. A unemployed youths into and earning opportunities The case has seen many ups Maharashtra Police also have
non local running a small income generating fields. they would slowly and and downs ever since to file a report on the state of
Pan shop or a grocery shop Liberal soft loans and one steadily leave the land and Sushant’s father KK Singh investigation.
in a locality here too earns time financial assistance their continued influx would filed a complaint against Rhea Senior Advocate R Basant for
profits enough to run his largesse schemes are cease. Then only the fruit of in Patna. While Mumbai Maharashtra government
family by remitting cash to advanced to the genuine ILPS would be seen and Police had filed an ADR : Somebody who has not even
his relatives at home. These needy individuals. These are enjoyed. (Accidental Death Report) at filed a complaint before the
are just a few examples cited of course meant for the the time of the actor’s death, Mumbai Police is claiming
to enlighten/remind the educated unemployed. But *** The writer is the the FIR was lodged by the Mumbai Police is not doing
drainage of the state’s then for the uneducated too Inspector General of Bihar Police after KK Singh’s proper investigation. Mumbai
money to other states. ILPS loans and grants for Police, Manipur 25 July complaint. Police has been thoroughly