Author: Bureau
Publication: ZeeNews.com
Date: September 11, 2008
URL: http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=467987&sid=REG
Concerned over the growing presence of fundamentalist
elements in neighbouring Bangladesh and their intent to sneak into the Northeast,
NCP leader P.A.Sangma has blamed the Centre for 'not doing enough' to counter
the threat.
"We are aware of the growing activities
of the ISI and jehadi elements in Bangladesh. But the Centre has not done
enough to counter the threat," Sangma told a local news channel yesterday.
"Terrorists from Pakistan are also camping
in the neighbouring country and the government is ill-equipped to counter
it," he alleged.
Contending that the border fencing is not
a reliable tool to check influx, the former Lok Sabha speaker favoured a high-level
research into the subject.
"We have not taken border management
seriously till date. We should study how the infiltrators sneak in, how they
plan, how they execute and also identify the vulnerable points along the border,"
he said.
Sangma, who is the Meghalaya planning board
chairman, also claimed that it was due to his insistence that the Centre has
agreed to set up a border management institute for the region in the state.
The state government has alloted the land
for the purpose at Baghmara in South Garo Hills district, he informed.
The institute would undertake research and
training on border management. "The institute will make in depth study
on the vexed trans-border problems like infiltration and border security with
an objective of giving a roadmap as to how to control them," he added.
