INC candidate strive for solution to Chakmas- Hajongs problem

So finally , the INC candidate takam Sanjoy decided to include the Chakma and Hajongs problem in its election manifesto. Which as usual  erupt every time an election is near its corner. But this time they are singing a  different tunes. Which is very commendable.  The  best solution can be reached only through dialogue instead of direct confrontation.

I personally feel that  the Chakmas wants to solve the problem through dialogue involving all the concern parties . Solution which is acceptable to all the parties. The AAPSU, the main agitation party, should understand that a solution can only be reach by peaceful means.  They should come to the table.

During every election whether the Lok Sabha , State assemblies or AAPSU election in the state the candidates use this issue as its main agenda to garner votes .Only using the issue for gaining votes during election and forgetting it afterwards only will add to their woes. In this way both the public as well as the victim will get frustrated thus eroding their faith on them.

Also it is important to know what the BJP says about it since its candidate Kiren Rijiju and Tapir Gao still didn’t mince a word about the issue. We want to hear your opinion Mr. Rajiju ?

During every election time, great words are being said by the candidate that when they are voted to power they will solve the Chakma and Hajongs  issue. How many of them really want to solve the problem for all?

Mr. Sanjoy  promised to strive to solve the Chakma-Hajong issue if elected. “The Chakma and Hajong issue has been put on the backburner. But I will work earnestly to find a solution to the imbroglio by initiating a dialogue among the Centre, state government, Chakma leaders and the representatives of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union,” he added. Mr. Sanjoy , we  don’t want you to only  “STRIVE TO SOLVE ”  but to "SOLVE" it.

Denial of Voting Rights to the Chakmas and Hajongs Of Arunachal Pradesh

As the time for 15th Lok Sabha election is nearing, everybody in the country is gearing for the elections. This time the mood is different from the previous elections. The situation has changed after the Mumbai attack. Now even the corporate sectors is encouraging its employees to exercise their voting rights, helping them to get their name enrolled in the voters list.
But far away for the attention of the mainstream nation news lies the plight of two communities, Chakmas and Hajongs, who are struggling for gaining citizenship's and voting rights. Their lives is torment between the questions of Indian or refugee. Their faith is slowly eroding from the Indian justice system. The Election Commission Of India which claim to be a fair and independent body has not even able to enforce its order on the Arunachal Pradesh Election Commission ,which in a way work for the state government and changes colour at the whims of them. As the saying goes justice delayed is justice denied. The are struggling from the last 48 years to lead a life of a responsible and proud citizen of India. How long will justice elude these communities ?

The following is a report by Asian Centre for Human Rights, a leading NGO based in Delhi:
http://www.achrweb.org/countries/india.htm

III. Denial of voting rights to the
Chakmas and Hajongs

In June 2007, the State government of Arunachal Pradesh headed by Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu formed a high powered committee to find out an amicable solution to the Chakma-Hajong issue. The high powered committee headed by Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh legislative Assembly, Setong Sena and includes, among others, all four members of legislative Assembly of the Chakma-Hajong inhabited Assembly Constituencies as members.Both the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) and the Committee for Citizenship Rights of the Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh (CCRCHAP) welcomed the establishment of the Committee.
At the same time, over 12,000 Chakma and Hajong eligible voters continued to be denied enrollment into electoral rolls. Electoral activities in the four Chakma-Hajong inhabited Assembly Constituencies of 14-Doimukh, 46-Chowkham,
49-Bordumsa-Diyun and 50- miao remained suspended as a result of complaints of bias on the part of the local electoral officials.On 6 September 2007, the Election
Commission of India revoked the suspension and ordered the conduct of Special Summary
Revision of electoral rolls. The Election Commission issued specific guidelines as to how to conduct the revision of electoral rolls in the Chakma and Hajong areas. As earlier, the local electoral officials who are
also employees of the State government of Arunachal Pradesh did not comply with the guidelines and instead they imposed their own directions to ensure that even the 1,497 previously enrolled voters were deleted. As many as 36 out of 326 enrolled voters were deleted from 14-Chowkham Assembly Constituency even before beginning of the Special Summary Revision 2007. In 49-Bordumsa-Diyun and 50-miao
Assembly Constituencies several Chakma villages were not even officially informed about the revision process and were informed only after the Election Commission of India issued specific instructions following complaints from the Committee for Citizenship Rights of the Chakmas of Arunachal Pradesh. The Chakma and Hajong claimants were subjected to harassment, humiliation and were openly
discriminated by electoral officers led by the Deputy Commissioner of Changlang district Hage Batt, who has been designated as Electoral Registration Officer of 49- Bordumsa-Diyun and 50-miao Assembly Constituencies. Instead of conducting the hearing of claims and objections at Diyun, Mr Batt sat at Bordumsa, which is 60 kilometers away from Diyun. As there were no means of transportation between Bordumsa and Diyun, none out of 7,311
Chakma and Hajong claimants from Diyun Circle could appear for hearing. The hearings were re-held at Diyun only after the Election Commission intervened on complaints from the Committee for Citenship Rights of the Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh (CCRCHAP).
Taking cognizance of these violations of its guidelines by the local electoral officials, the Election Commission of India deputed two teams to the four Chakma-Hajong inhabited Assembly Constituencies. But justice continues to elude the Chakma and Hajong citizens as the Election Commission has again failed them. In February 2008, the Election Commission ordered the publication of final rolls in three of the four Assembly Constituencies (14-Doimukh, 46-Chowkham, and 50-miao). 49-Bordumsa-Diyun remained in abeyance until further orders. Out of about one thousand eligible voters, the names of only 201 claimants were included in the electoral rolls in 14-Doimukh while in 46-Chowkham, out of more than 1400 new claimants the names of only 14 were enrolled and names of 44 previously enrolled voters deleted. Similarly in 50-miao, only 1 out of about 4500 new claimants was included in the electoral roll.The Election Commission of India assured the CCRCHAP that it would send 2 more teams to Itanagar to examine claimants’documentation from 49-Bordumsa-Diyun. At the end of the year, the Election Commission of India had failed to enforce its guidelines.

For verifying the claim please Check:
http://ceoarunachal.nic.in