The Familiar Awami League: BNP Political Battles

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party [BNP] finally decided to attend the Parliament after a break of one Year plus. Opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Farroque made the announcement. After staying out of the parliament or Jatiya Sansad for almost one year plus the BNP most likely found itself politically marginalized and therefore thought it prudent to come to the house to raise issues of relevance and put itself in the media lime light. The party was finding it increasingly difficult to remain relevant in the country’s polity given enlightened policies being attempted by the Awami League.

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The Maoists Attempt to Gain Initiative: Call for Cease Fire

Almost immediately after the attack in Silda and Jamui, the Maoists were operationalising a strategy of talks with the government. Gopinathji alias Durga Hembram, wanted talks at the earliest while Kishenji the military commander was opposing it in a central committee meeting of 30 of the 36 member including those from Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa in the Kanai-shol hill forest area as per media reports. CPI (Maoist) general secretary Ganapathy proposed to put three conditions before the government — withdrawal of forces, release of Maoists from jail and lifting of the ban on the party said the media.

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Counter Naxal Advice From Veterans

As per veteran counter terrorism expert Mr K P S Gill, “The most rudimentary components of a counter-insurgency (CI) response to the Maoist challenge are yet to be put in place. In truth, state police forces will have to be enormously expanded, prepared, trained, equipped, revitalised and, crucially, led and mandated, before any coherent CI strategy can be effectively implemented in West Bengal”. Mr Gill has also recommended immediate review of siting of all camps, improvement in communications and leadership as well as flow of intelligence. He indicates that beefing up security by providing central forces may not be the answer to the vexing challenges which will have to be mainly fought by the State police.

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Assam: Cease Fire with Karbis

On 11 February Karbi tribal guerrillas surrendered in Assam, bringing to an end their more than 15-year-old armed struggle for political autonomy. Around 400 militants of the Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) laid down arms at a formal ceremony in Diphu, some 270 km south of Guwahati. A list of the arms which the KLNLF cadres deposited included 20 AK series assault rifles, 17 AK series rifles, 5 Nos of M-16 series rifles, USG gun – 1, Light Machine Gun - 1, Six Nos of 40 mm gun , One Rifle Launcher, One RPG - 4, SLR- 3, .22 pistol – 2, US Carbine – 1, M- 21 rifle – 4, Stand Carbine – 3, MP- 54, RDX- 500 grams, IID- 2, 3.6. gun- 3, SBBL- 5, DBBL – 2, UBBL 29, 9 mm pistol – 13, .32 pistol – 13, 9380 rounds of bullets, 25 KG- TNT, 14 nos of radio base, Time devise – 2 etc. Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) claimed that it had only decommissioned its arms conditionally i.e, joint custody.

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Indo Nepal Relations

Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh may visit Nepal in the month of March. The Indian premier has accepted the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Madhav Kumar Nepal. Indian Minister for External Affairs S.M Krishna visited Nepal from January 15-17 while the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army General Deepak Kapoor was in the country from January 21-23 and was conferred the Honorary Rank of General of Nepal Army

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Arms Sales to Taiwan: Freeze in Sino US Defence Relations

Plans of the United States to sell 6.4 billion dollars weapons to Taiwan has placed Sino US Defence relations in suspension as China complained about the arms deal summoning defence attaché in Beijing to the defence ministry. The package of arms approved by the US includes Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters, and communications equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fleet. Deputy foreign minister He Yafei had warned in a statement earlier that the arms deal was “bound to damage Sino-US relations, bringing about serious negative impact on exchange and cooperation in major areas between the two countries, causing results that both sides do not want to see”.

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The Familiar Awami League: BNP Political Battles

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party [BNP] finally decided to attend the Parliament after a break of one Year plus. Opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Farroque made the announcement. After staying out of the parliament or Jatiya Sansad for almost one year plus the BNP most likely found itself politically marginalized and therefore thought it prudent to come to the house to raise issues of relevance and put itself in the media lime light. The party was finding it increasingly difficult to remain relevant in the country’s polity given enlightened policies being attempted by the Awami League.

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