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Incidents and Statements involving Achik
National Volunteer Council: 2017
Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident
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February 14
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NS
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Clarifying the stand of the
present Union Government towards insurgents groups, the UMHA
has indicated to a parliamentary panel that it is open to negotiations
with only those militant formations that abjure violence and
opt for a solution within the Constitution of India. The Government
proposes to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to deal with extremists/separatists
of the northeastern region. The parliamentary panel in its report
advised that the government should start dialogue with these
groups and address sympathetically their grievances within the
framework of the Constitution of India with an aim of bringing
them into the mainstream. The multi-pronged strategy includes
this aspect also.
Currently, the Union government
is engaged in peace talks with various insurgent groups of the
Northeast and talks are continuing with the ULFA-PTF, NDFB-P,
NDFB-RD, KLNLF- all from Assam, while the NSCN-IM, NSCN-KN and
NSCN-R of Nagaland are under ceasefire agreements.
A total of 23 underground outfits
of Manipur, consisting two conglomerates - the UPF and KNO are
currently under SoO agreement with the Union Government. Three
valley-based underground outfits of Manipur - the URF, KCP-L
and KYKL-MDF have signed MoU with the Union Government.
The Union Government has informed
that pursuant to the policy of talks, various insurgent outfits,
including the UPDS, DHD of Assam and ANVC and ANVC-B of Meghalaya
have signed memorandum of settlement with the Government and
dissolved themselves. As a result, a number of members of insurgent
outfits have surrendered after laying down arms and joined the
mainstream of society.
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Statement
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March 10 |
Shillong |
Meghalaya CM Dr Mukul Sangma refuted claims by
the opposition that his Government was yet to pay rehabilitation
package to cadres of the disbanded ANVC and its splinter group
ANVC-B. While replying during a debate, he informed that rehabilitation
packages were disbursed to 363 out of the 367 cadres of the AVCB
and 139 cadres of the disbanded ANVC-B. He informed the House
that three of the members of the disbanded ANVC members did not
avail the rehabilitation package while one expired.
Dr Sangma also informed that out of the 139 members
of the disbanded ANVC-B only 11 have been able to take advantage
of the rehabilitation package while 53 cadres their cases were
sent for minor corrections and 74 cadres were yet to submit details
of the bank accounts.
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Statement |
April 20 |
NS |
The joint secretary, Union Home Ministry, in charge
of the North East, Satyendra Garg said that the peace pact that
was signed by the State and the Central governments with two disbanded
rebel groups, ANVC and ANVC-B, will be reviewed in May or June
this year (2017). The peace agreement was signed by the Central
Government of India, the State Government, ANVC and ANVC-B in
Delhi on September 24, 2014.
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Statement |
April 20 |
NS |
The 'former chairman' Bernard Rimpu N Marak of
ANVC-B, in a statement, blamed the State Government for the failure
of the 'Agreed Text of Settlement' signed in 2014 and threatened
that if it is not implemented by September 24, the agreement will
be "burned publicly".
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Statement |
April 30 |
NS
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Terming the agreement with State Government as
a total failure, 'chairman' of the now disbanded ANVC-B, Bernard
(Rimpu) Marak has threatened to burn copies of the ATS in protest
at the Government's apathy. "The ATS is a total failure. Till
date its implementation has not been monitored properly by the
State Government and is at a standstill ever since it was signed.
There has been very little development due to the Government's
lack of interest in its implementation", said Bernard in a release.
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Statement |
June 4 |
NS |
The disbanded ANVC-B, in a statement, rejected
the Meghalaya State Government's claim of providing rehabilitation
package to 18 of its former cadres.
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Statement |
June 15 |
NS |
CM Mukul Sangma said that signing peace agreements
with militant organisations of North East by Central Government
of India without State leaders' knowledge is one of the mistakes
that shouldn't be repeated. According to CM, signing of peace
agreement in 2014 with ANVC by Central Government of India, without
the knowledge of State leaders in Meghalaya, was a mistake for
the State.
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Statement |
June 30 |
NS
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The former 'chairman' of ANVC-B, Bernard N Marak
urged the State Government to pay INR 2.5 lakh rehabilitation
package to each cadre as 'promised' by former Special Director
General of Police S.K. Jain.
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Statement |
October 25 |
North Garo Hills District
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Surrendered militants belonging to the GNLA, ANVC-B,
AMEF, LAEF and others from North Garo Hills came together under
the banner of the A'chik Welfare Organisation (AWA) and organised
a one day awareness campaign on environment at Chirimdare under
Mendipathar Police Station of North Garo Hills District. Under
the new initiative, the members of AWA along with the villagers
of Chirimdare plan to start joint efforts of plantation programmes
beginning from the first week of June next year till their dream
of 'clean and green' is achieved.
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Non-violent |
December 21 |
NS |
State Government has decided to extend rehabilitation
package to 28 surrendered ANVC-B. Earlier rehabilitation package
was extended to 363 ANVC cadres and 135 ANVC-B.
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Non-Violent |
Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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