Gogoi slams Centre for stopping police modernisation fund
May 20, 2015  17:39
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today criticised the BJP government at the Centre for stopping the police modernization fund and said it would hamper the sustained fight against insurgents, reports K Anurag/Rediff.com from Guwahati.


"The Centre's decision not to provide funds for police modernization to the state will put the state government in difficulty in containing insurgency which though on the wane, is yet to be rooted out," Gogoi said.


"We need funds for procuring modern weapons for our police force, for setting up modern police stations and residential accommodation for policemen. All these will be severely affected in view of the Centre's decision to stop the police modernization fund," Gogoi said.


He pointed out that there was renewed threat from insurgents in view of several North East insurgent groups including ULFA (Independent) ganging up in Myanmar to launch a joint fight.  "We have to constantly remain on vigil against insurgents as they have formed a joint organization (United Liberation Front of West South East Asia)," he said. 


Meanwhile, Gogoi claimed that the on-going talks between the Centre and a faction of the ULFA led by Arabinda Rajkhowa was progressing well. The ULFA faction, he said, had raised the demand for declaring Assam as a tribal state, which had got the nod from the Assam government as well.
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