SHILLONG: The GNLA has found a reason on the part of the police to swoop down on ANVC (B) chairman Rimpu Marak.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the self-styled political secretary of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang, while condemning the act of the police, said that it was to prevent the ANVC (B) chairman from spilling the beans on the formation of the militant outfit by the police and some political leaders from Garo Hills ahead of the Assembly elections, that the police now have apprehended him.
The militant leader maintained that the police and some politicians had formed the ANVC (B), a faction of the parent body ANVC which is currently under ceasefire, to take on the GNLA cadres.
“We had said in the past that there is a nexus between the police and ANVC (B) and now the so called ‘disappearance’ of Rimpu at the behest of the police is to prevent the ANVC (B) chief from revealing the nexus,” the GNLA leader said.
The GNLA also expressed concern over lack of development in the rural areas of Garo Hills by saying that the development programmes are limited only to the towns.
The GNLA political secretary also criticized legislator Limison Sangma for saying that the legislators or the candidates who contested the Assembly elections spent a lot of money during elections.
Limison, in an earlier statement, wanted the GNLA to prevent people from taking money from the candidates during the elections.
However, the GNLA political secretary said that Limison should be disqualified for making the comments that the candidates spend huge amount of money for contesting the elections.
Deadline: The GNLA leader also said that it will launch a non violent movement against the Government next month if it does not stop operations against the militant outfit.
“On one hand, the Government wants us to come to the negotiating table and at the same time, the Government is launching full-fledged operations which are not acceptable to us,” the GNLA leader said.