Raising more muck than music
- Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: February 22, 2013 -

That is exactly what Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, who is also in charge of Home portfolio, has done when he expressed suspicion over 'high possibility' of outside hands in the increasing cases of illegal drug trade in Manipur.

And, well, that is exactly what most politicians in India are very good at in trying to divert the attention of the people from the main issue– blaming outside or foreign hands over any problem or issue that erupt in any part of the country, whether it be bomb attacks or communal clashes.

India has been lucky enough to have Pakistan and China as neighbours for making them as perfect alibi for all the ills afflicting the country.

So, who or what are these outside forces or hands behind the drug smuggling cases in Manipur that Gaikhangam is talking about? This is one question anybody would like to know.

Gaikhangam should have been little more specific on his 'outside forces or hands' so as to qualify himself as a true Indian politician.

Hope, our honourable Deputy Chief Minister who also has the double responsibilities of looking after the posts of Home Minister and President of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) does not live under the impression that people of Manipur could be fooled around with such worn-out 'outside hands' excuses that would find no taker.

In fact, people have become wary of listening to such silly political gimmicks.

It is obvious that just as nothing can take place in vacuum, any trading activity would invariably implies involvement of more than one person or group of people and no person or group of people from outside would be able to do anything without the involvement of inside hands. This is self-explanatory.

So, pointing finger to outside forces or hands while ignoring the forces at work within is not just unfortunate but very dangerous.

If an important leader of the State Government in the rank status of not just Deputy Chief Minister but also a Home Minister thinks that pointing finger elsewhere would divert the attention of the people from the issue at hand and would exonerate himself from shouldering the responsibility of increasing cases of drug seizure in Manipur, then one could safely conclude that the problem of illegal drug trade is here to stay for a long time to come.

What the people expect from a leader is strong commitment and will-power for taking up an issue to its logical conclusion.

The assertion that the Home Department does not recognise the institution or the abolition of the lone and once 'highly effective' Special Intelligence Unit (SIU) and that the SP concerned may have set up the unit at his own discretion but latter dissolved it due to certain inconveniences, smacks of a greater conspiracy at work to cover the mess within.

In fact, this conspiracy has been validated with the decision of the State Government to hand over the case of seizure of drugs from Imphal Airport to CBI to bury it completely. Period.