By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Former Governor of Assam, Retd Lt General, SK Sinha has attributed prevalence of militancy and lack of development and influx in the North east states as a result of bad governance.
Stating that bad governance has brought upon itself troubles from various sectors, Sinha said that the growth and development of the north eastern region is hampered by bad governance, the ill effects of which is militancy and influx.
“Political affiliation and corruption has affected governance in North East,” Sinha cited these as the factors contributing to bad governance while stating that the instruments of governance has gone bad, corrupted and eroded adding “No matter who is in the power, it is difficult for him to bring about the required change.”
Sihna who visited the city recently observed “Bureaucracy has collapsed, judiciary is collapsing, police has collapsed and the army is not doing too well in particular with cases of scam and extra judiciary killings, some of which even landed in the Supreme Court.”
Highlighting on the solutions to these problems, Sinha drew his attention to the Assam stating that since Assam is the gateway to the north east, it is the key solution to many problems like influx and Assam should be taken as a lesson for the north east.
“Key to the solution is how we handle Assam as its population is twice the population of the north east state put together and strategically it is the heart of northeast,” he added.
Turning to election process in the country, the former Assam Governor observed that in India elections are still caste-based, but in Assam it is not so”, as he credited Sankardev, a popular saint who had contributed so much towards the society.
