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Publication: Organiser
Date: January 13, 2008
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=219&page=11
Nepali Maoists ultras consider as many as
64 areas dotting the Indo-Nepal border from Uttarakhand right up to Sikkim
as a part of the Himalayan state
After facing border disputes with China and
Pakistan India may now face similar problem from Nepal where the Maoists have
recently rejoined the Girija Prasad Koirala government. Around 400 Maoists
from Nepal recently crossed over the porous Indo-Nepal border touching Uttarakhand
to lay claim on some of the portions falling in the "No man's land".
They tried to hoist their red flag at these spots, which are close to Banbasa
town in the border district of Champavat.
These spots once had border pillars 3 and
3-A respectively, which no longer exist there, said Shri M.S. Bangyal, the
Superintendent of Police of District Champavat. He added a move had been going
on for sometime to conduct a survey jointly by India and Nepal of the nearly
300 km. Indo-Nepal border stretch to identify such spots so all the border
pillars that had been wiped out could be restored.
Shri Bangyal said the Nepali Maoist ultras
belonged to the Young Communist League, a wing of the Nepal Communist Party.
"Although the Nepali Maoist ultras' bid was foiled by the security forces
they had a design behind that," he said. "They tried their best
to provoke the security forces to open fire on them so causalities occurred
and the whole issue is internationalised," he added.
Security forces refused to be provoked and
sent the Maoists back in a calm manner, the SSP said, and added they (the
ultras) tried to enter into "no man's land" from Gadda Chowki area
near Banbasa town. "Originally, as per their programme conveyed to us
through Nepali authorities they were to take the route through Brahamadev
town of Nepal," Shri Bangyal said. Police personnel and the Border Security
Force personnel manning the border managed to avert a crisis, as security
had been beefed up in advance in the Gadda Chowki area as well, said the SSP.
Nepali Maoists ultras consider as many as 64 areas dotting the Indo-Nepal
border from Uttarakhand right up to Sikkim as a part of the Himalayan state,
he said.
"Besides, the Nepali government had also
made a similar claim on the border area of Kalapani in Kumaon's Pithoragarh
district around four years ago," informed the SSP.
Expressing concern over the delay in the survey
of the Indo-Nepal border, he said it was high time work was expedited so all
the border pillars that had been wiped out could be restored at the earliest.
"That would deny the Nepali Maoist ultras an opportunity to make an issue
out of nothing," he told.
The Uttarakhand police had recently arrested
a former correspondent of The Statesman, Prashant Rahi, who is alleged to
be a zonal secretary of CPI (Maoist) from Udham Singh Nagar district and recovered
several incriminating documents from him, including the organisation's plans
to target specific areas in the state.
Rajendra Bhandari, state general secretary
of the Hindu Jagaran Manch talking to Organiser revealed that the Hindu Jagaran
Manch along with its thousand workers would start a campaign to travel toward
the place of the incident. The activities of Maoists are a threat to the security
of Hindustan. He told that the Manch has already warned the state and the
Centre against the anti-Hindustan activities of the Nepali Maoists. He said
that the Manch will hoist Indian flag on "no man's land", The Manch
will reply to the Maoists in the strict manner and will not endure any anti-India
activity of the Maoists. Shri Bhandari accused the administration of being
careless on this important and sensitive issue, which has encouraged the anti-Hindustan
activities of the Maoists, Bhandari said that the Manch would train its workers
so that they can keep an eye on the activities of the Maoists. These workers
would be given the name of "Gram Rakshak". He demanded that the
border land should be declared "High Security Zone". The Manch will
remain in contact with the incidents and the activities of the Maoists and
keep on informing the government and the administration about them. -R.S.
