FEDERAL MINISTER VISITS ETHNIC CAMPS IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA
By ANIThursday, December 16, 2010
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Federal minister visits ethnic camps in northeastern India.
P Chidambaram, India’s Interior Minister visits designated camps of an ethnic group called Zomi Re-Unification Organisation (ZRO) during the second day of his two days visit to northeastern Manipur state.
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IMPHAL, MANIPUR, INDIA (DECEMBER 15, 2010) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM, INDIA’S INTERIOR MINISTER COMING
2. CHIDAMBARAM GETTING DOWN FROM HIS CAR
3. CHIDAMBARAM SITTING
4. OTHER GUESTS SITTING
5. CHIDAMBARAM BEING FELICITATED WITH A PIECE OF CLOTH
6. OTHER GUESTS SITTING
7. CHIDAMBARAM SITTING ON STAGE WITH OTHER GUESTS
8. ONE OF THE REPORTERS ASKING QUESTION
9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM, INDIA’S INTERIOR MINISTER, SAYING: “There can be no development, without peace and there can be no good governance. Therefore, my plea to everyone is while the political evolution will take time, there must be peace. I have made clear in my speech in Parliament and elsewhere whatever vision for Manipur is, that vision remains intact.”
10. REPORTERS SITTING
11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM, INDIA’S INTERIOR MINISTER, SAYING: “It cannot be said that extortion has stopped, it cannot be said that kidnapping is stopped, it cannot be said that non-Manipuri especially people who have come here to work are not being targeted. So, there are still problems here, these have to be addressed, they can be addressed only with the cooperation of the elected people and particularly the young people.”
12. THE MEETING IN PROGRESS
STORY: Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Interior Minister visited the designated camps of an ethnic group called Zomi Re-Unification Organisation (ZRO) during the second day of his two days visit to northeastern Manipur state on Wednesday (December 15) and said that there cannot be development without peace.
The Minister said that political evolution in the state would take time, but, the vision for a peaceful state was still intact.
“There can be no development, without peace and there can be no good governance. Therefore, my plea to everyone is while the political evolution will take time, there must be peace. I have made clear in my speech in Parliament and elsewhere whatever vision for Manipur is, that vision remains intact,” he said.
However, Chidambaram also said that crime is yet to be completely stopped in the state.
“It cannot be said that extortion has stopped, it cannot be said that kidnapping is stopped, it cannot be said that non-Manipuri especially people who have come here to work are not being targeted. So, there are still problems here, these have to be addressed, they can be addressed only with the cooperation of the elected people and particularly the young people,” said the minister.
Chidambaram is on tour to the state to take stock of the law and order situation.
India’s revolt-racked northeast, made up of eight states surrounded by China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar is home to more than 200 ethnic and tribal groups.
Tension between settlers and locals leads to violent clashes and armed groups fighting for freedom or more political autonomy in the region, often targeted at the settlers.
