During the peak of Assam violence, the state government faxed a request to the Centre for deployment of army on 21st July. As the army camps were in the vicinity of the troubled area, they wanted orders from competent authority in Delhi. For three days, the babus in the defence ministry and home ministry did precious little which prompted the Assam govt to send another fax on 24th July. During the seventy two hours of inaction by New Delhi, more than fifty people lost their lives and lakhs of people had to flee their villages and settlements amidst large scale looting and burning of houses. Instead of sending fax message, the CM of Assam Tarun Gogoi should have contacted Defence Minister A.K. Anthony and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and if necessary the Prime Minister and action should have been taken on 21st itself.
When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister during the late eighties, in response to the SOS received from the Maldives Prime Minister, the airforce station in Trivandrum was asked to swiftly save a foreign nation from armed insurgency and possible collapse. Which the Air Force did with extreme efficiency. Compare this swift action of Rajiv Gandhi with the present day political masters in Delhi whose inaction caused untold misery to the people of Assam.
When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister during the late eighties, in response to the SOS received from the Maldives Prime Minister, the airforce station in Trivandrum was asked to swiftly save a foreign nation from armed insurgency and possible collapse. Which the Air Force did with extreme efficiency. Compare this swift action of Rajiv Gandhi with the present day political masters in Delhi whose inaction caused untold misery to the people of Assam.
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