KMSS working in cahoots with Maoists and ULFA : Congress MP
Congress MP from Arunachal Pradesh Takam Sanjoy on Friday raised a stink against the anti-dam movement - Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS).
Sanjoy alleged that the NGO was getting funds from China and working in cahoots with CPI (Maoist) and ULFA to derail the 2000mw NHPC power project in the Lower Subansiri district. Sanjoy said that the NGO should be declared outlawed.
"There should be thorough scrutiny of the KMSS as various agency reports have attributed KMSS having links with the CPI (Maoist) and ULFA. Maoists are linked to external forces bordering northeast that does not want any developmental activity in Arunachal Pradesh. If this continues, we are going to face dangerous situation both internally and externally," said Takam adding that he would be meeting the Prime Minister and the Union home minister soon to press his demand.
Responding cautiously to aggressive overtures of Takam, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram described it as a very sensitive issue which needs to handled with care.
"Yes, we know the issue and are in close touch with both the the Assam and the Arunachal government....we need to to ensure that while the work on the dam continues, no lives are lost unnecessarily. We fully support Assam government that dam is for the good of the state and the people,” he said.
Arunachal, which shares borders with China and Myanmar, has the potential to generate an estimated 50,000mw of hydro-electrical power but the projects are being opposed by Akhil Gogoi led KMSS and the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) for being detrimental to native population and fragile ecosystem.
The two organisations on Thursday had announced blockade of men and material to the Lower Subansiri project at Gogamukh where the NHPC project site is located.
While the intelligence agencies have claimed that the Maoists making inroads in the northeast, they are yet come across any Maoist linkages with the KMSS.
Source http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_kmss-working-in-cahoots-with-maoists-and-ulfa-congress-mp_1631776
Sanjoy alleged that the NGO was getting funds from China and working in cahoots with CPI (Maoist) and ULFA to derail the 2000mw NHPC power project in the Lower Subansiri district. Sanjoy said that the NGO should be declared outlawed.
"There should be thorough scrutiny of the KMSS as various agency reports have attributed KMSS having links with the CPI (Maoist) and ULFA. Maoists are linked to external forces bordering northeast that does not want any developmental activity in Arunachal Pradesh. If this continues, we are going to face dangerous situation both internally and externally," said Takam adding that he would be meeting the Prime Minister and the Union home minister soon to press his demand.
Responding cautiously to aggressive overtures of Takam, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram described it as a very sensitive issue which needs to handled with care.
"Yes, we know the issue and are in close touch with both the the Assam and the Arunachal government....we need to to ensure that while the work on the dam continues, no lives are lost unnecessarily. We fully support Assam government that dam is for the good of the state and the people,” he said.
Arunachal, which shares borders with China and Myanmar, has the potential to generate an estimated 50,000mw of hydro-electrical power but the projects are being opposed by Akhil Gogoi led KMSS and the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) for being detrimental to native population and fragile ecosystem.
The two organisations on Thursday had announced blockade of men and material to the Lower Subansiri project at Gogamukh where the NHPC project site is located.
While the intelligence agencies have claimed that the Maoists making inroads in the northeast, they are yet come across any Maoist linkages with the KMSS.
Source http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_kmss-working-in-cahoots-with-maoists-and-ulfa-congress-mp_1631776
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