Title: Re: [Assam] Car Rally from Guwahati Is Not for Fun Alone
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Chan,
Don't forget that Ashok Saikia was one of Vajpayee's right hand men and
hence Assam was always on his mind. I can tell you of a number of things
he tried to promote for the N.E., but unfortunately there were no takers.
One cannot expect the Centre to dole out alms at this stage.
AKN
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 6:54
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Subject: Re: [Assam] Car Rally from
Guwahati Is Not for Fun Alone
>It looks like Guwahati and Assam were on Vajpayee's mind even when he
was >travelling abroad and NDA govt. was serious about opening the land
route to the >east through Assam.
Tonight I am going to rejoice at Assam's being in the forefront of
Vajpayee's mind, EVEN while traveling abroad. And lecture all those who
complain of being in the receiving end of 'step-motherly' treatment by the
Center and their 'khai-paat-folaa' attitudes.
Come on Dilip :-) :-) :-) :-)!
At 3:31 PM -0700 9/30/04, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
From TOI.
It looks like Guwahati and Assam were on
Vajpayee's mind even when he was travelling abroad and NDA govt. was serious
about opening the land route to the east through Assam.
Dilip
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ASEAN for Guwahati to Indonesia car
rally![]() ![timesofindia.indi/49F7D071.gif]()
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ANI![]() [
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 01:48:53 PM ]
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GUWAHATI/ NEW DELHI: The Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA), the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the
ASEAN Secretariat (Indonesia) are jointly organising a car rally from
November 22 to December 11 to promote trade between the ten ASEAN
nations.
The car rally is being held to demonstrate
that there exists a land route between the member countries to enable free
flow of trade. This would be first car rally of its kind.
Titled
"Chalo ASEAN", the car rally would be flagged from Guwahati and pass through
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapore,
before concluding in Indonesia.
The beginning of the rally from
Guwahati would be actually a culmination of mini car rallies from across the
north-eastern states to be flagged off by the chief ministers of the 'seven
sisters'.
The ral! ly would also fulfil former prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee's wish for such an event to take place to foster regional
unity.
On October 8 last year, Vajpayee, while attending ASEAN Summit
in Bali had said, "To draw dramatic attention to our geographical proximity
we could consider the idea of an India-ASEAN Car Rally. A possible routing
could be from Guwahati in North-east India, through Myanmar, Thailand and
Cambodia to Hanoi in Vietnam."
"Such a rally would draw in commercial
interest in infrastructure along the route. It can promote tourism and
development. There could be a long term impact on the economic co-operation
in the region," Vajpayee had said.
Giving details of the rally in New
Delhi, Resident Commissioner at the Assam Bhawan, Rajiv Yadav, said, "One of
the purposes of the car rally is to let the public know that there exists a
land route between the ASEAN nations. Till now it was a hidden fact from the
general public's knowledge."
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