Tsk, tsk! What turn of events.
I wonder if this will give religion to some of our self-flagellating kharkhowa netters. But I won't hold my breadth :-).
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Decision to stop border fencing draws flak
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 19: There is resentment in the social and political circles of the State over the Union Government's decision to stop the construction of the fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border. The decision of the Cabinet Committee on Security of the Manmohan Singh Government at the Centre to stop the construction of the fencing in the Tripura and West Bengal sectors was enforced from yesterday.
Reacting sharply, most political parties in the State criticized the Union Government over its decision and expressed the apprehension that it might help the infiltrators to cross over the porous border.
AGP general secretary Hitendra Nath Goswami said that it was the duty of the Centre to stop the unabated influx from neighbouring Bangladesh. "The Centre could not seal the border in the past 20 years. The present Union Government's decision to stop border work will open the floodgates to illegal migrants and encourage them to cross over," he said and added that it was one more act of betrayal of the interests of Assam and the North-east by New Delhi. Before taking such a decision, which is also related to the integrity and security of the country, the Centre should have discussed the matter with the Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of the north-eastern States, he said.
North East Students' Organization (NESO) president Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya termed the Centre's decision to cease fencing work as a 'silent attack' on the North-east. "The Indo-Pak border fencing was completed within two years. But the fencing along the Bangladesh border is not complete even after more than 20 years," he said as he demanded the Centre to complete the border fencing as per the Assam Accord.
BJP vice president Dhruba Prasad Baishya said that the decision amounted to the surrender of India to Bangladesh. Lakhs of Bangladeshis have been infiltrating into the State over the years, but nothing has been done by the Centre, he said and added that the Centre had compromised on the security of the country by taking such a decision.
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