The
Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following
statement:
The
Ambassador of the USA has written to the Assam Chief Minister offering FBI
assistance for investigating the recent attacks in Assam.
This action constitutes a gross violation of norms and a direct
interference in the internal affairs of the country.
Firstly,
there is no mystery about who is responsible for the recent bomb blasts and
attacks in Assam.
Both the NDFB and ULFA are involved. It does not require the FBI to find
out who is responsible for the series of attacks in Assam.
Such problems in the North East have a political dimension and the US
Ambassador’s suggestion is an interference in the internal affairs of the
country. Secondly, the US Ambassador has no business to write to a state Chief
Minister directly making such an offer which involves the internal security of
the country.
The
Assam Chief Minister’s response to the US Ambassador’s letter appreciating
the offer and
indicating his willingness to accept it is also condemnable.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi does not seem to be aware of the elementary
concept of national sovereignty and it would be better if he concentrates on
tackling the extremist problem which he has singularly failed to effectively
tackle so far.
The
Central government must outrightly reject
the American offer. It has to urgently and seriously address the
resurgence of violence perpetrated by the extremist outfits with the cooperation
of the state governments in the North Eastern region.