House passes seven demands ; Proposal sent to procure lie detector : Dy CM
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 26 2016 :
The State
Assembly today passed seven
demands pertaining to Police
Department, Vigilance
Department, Fire Protection
and Control, Jail, Home
Guards, Rehabilitation and
State Academy of Training and
the total money amounted to Rs
1215,81,23,000.
Taking part in discussing
the demands, MLA L
Ibomcha raised motion for
token cut on the charge that
the Police Department was
unable to procure polygraph
machine (lie detector) and
give compensation to the vic-
tims and their families of the
March 11, 2015
Khwairamband bomb blast.
He also raised a motion
for disapproval of policy cut
on the ground that the State
Government was unable to
establish any more Home
Guard Department.
Saying that the Govern-
ment has failed to strengthen
Manipur Police in the hill
districts, recruitment process
for male police Constables
could not be completed, va-
cant posts have not been
filled up, prompt actions
could not be initiated in curb-
ing criminal activities, MLAs
Dr I Ibohalbi, Kh Joykishan,
Th Shyamkumar and Th
Bishwajit raised another mo-
tion for disapproval of policy
cut.
In response, Deputy Chief
Minister and Home Minister
Gaikhangam stated that a pro-
posal has been sent to the
Ministry of Home Affairs for
procuring lie detector under
the police modernization pro-
gramme.
Compensation for the
Khwairamband bomb blast
victims of March 11, 2015
was already sanctioned.
But
there arose a need for re-vali-
dation.
The re-validation
process would be completed
soon and the compensation
would be paid without any
further delay, Gaikhangam
informed the House.
Although the State Gov-
ernment is still unable to
station adequate strength of
police personnel in interior
areas of hill districts, efforts
are on to station at least 70 to
80 police personnel at each
place.
The existing strength of
Home Guards is 2191 and it
is manageable.
There is no
need to raise the strength of
Home Guards as of now.
Army and Assam Rifles
have been assisting the civil
administration in interior ar-
eas of hill districts.
But their assistance is not always satisfactory as law and
order is a State subject.
As such, the Government has been work-
ing to enhance the strength of State police.
As there are a large number of unemployed youth in the
State, around 39000 applied during the last police recruitment.
Following several complaints and registration of a case at
Court, an enquiry is going on.
Necessary actions would be initiated based on the enquiry
report.
Gaikhangam then appealed to all SoO signatories to
abide by the ground rules and hope for an amicable solution
through dialogues.
Assuring that the rehabilitation work would be taken up to
the mark, the Deputy Chief Minister claimed that the State
Government has been urging the Government to work out a
solution.
Responding to a query raised by MLA N Biren regarding
the ban imposed by NSF upon movement of vehicles belong-
ing to Meiteis/Manipuris in Naga areas, Gaikhangam confided
that sometimes they had to keep their hands tight as speaking
out the 'truth' and taking befitting actions may bring total
anarchy in the State.
Later the motions for token cut and
disapproval of policy cut were withdrawn and all the seven
demands were passed.
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