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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Defunct united command in naxal-hit States worries Centre -Sandeep Joshi

Defunct united command in naxal-hit States worries Centre -Sandeep Joshi

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published Published on Sep 12, 2012   modified Modified on Sep 12, 2012
-The Hindu

Home Ministry wants the Chief Ministers to head the mechanism

Concerned at Maoists augmenting their strike capabilities and getting more organised, the Centre wants the Chief Ministers of the worst naxal-affected States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa to head their unified commands to deal with the threat more effectively.

“In the past two years, these unified commands have been virtually lying defunct. They were supposed to meet once every month, but so far this year, not a single meeting has been organised by these States. At the three-day State police chiefs’ meeting held last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern at the problem… and asked the affected States to make the unified command more effective in dealing with the problem of left-wing extremism,” a senior official of the Home Ministry told The Hindu . A special session on the problem at the conference concluded that the Chief Ministers of the three States should head the unified commands, instead of their Chief Secretaries.

“Soon, we will be sending formal requests to these Chief Ministers… to head their unified commands for better coordination of … operations… It will also help in effective monitoring of development projects being carried out in these States,” the official said.

Echoing similar sentiments, an internal Home Ministry note says it has been conveyed to the State governments that “the meetings of the unified command may be held at least once every month on a regular basis, as it would be of help in fine-tuning the anti-naxal operations… Time and again, this Ministry has requested the State governments to provide details of the progress made by the unified command, including the meetings held and decisions taken thereon.”

The Cabinet Committee on Security decided in 2010 to set up the unified command in each of the worst-affected Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal for carrying out planned operations; the command was expected to meet at least once every month.

A typical command now comprises the Chief Secretary (Chairperson); the Director-General of Police; the Development Commissioner; the CRPF’s Inspector-General (Operations); the State’s Inspector-General (anti-naxal operations); a representative of the Intelligence Bureau; and a retired Major General.

However, when it comes to holding the meetings, all the States have fared poorly. In the past two years, as against 24 meetings, Orissa’s command has met a mere six times. But the performance of the others has been the worst: while Chhattisgarh has held just two meetings (one each in 2010 and 2011 and is yet to organise one in 2012), the command has met just three times in both West Bengal (once in 2010 and twice in 2011) and Jharkhand (thrice in 2010). “At a time when we have seen Maoists getting more organised and acquiring military capabilities, the unified commands lying virtually defunct would not help in our fight against Maoists… The response from these State governments has been so poor that in 2012 they are yet to organise monthly meetings, barring Orissa. They have also failed to coordinate among themselves, thus helping Maoists in carrying out their operations,” the official said.

The Hindu, 12 September, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3887028.ece


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