NEW NARRATIVE OF 'ASHTA LAKSHMI'

THE EIGHT STATES OF NORTHEAST GENERALLY USED TO BE IN NEWS FOR NEGATIVE THINGS LIKE BLOCKED AND VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A TALKING POINT OF CULTURE, CONNECTIVITY AND ALL AROUND DEVELOPMENT

- DIBYA KAMAL BORDOLO!

After many decades, the Northeastern region of India has seen a year of peace and progress. For several decades, the region has witnessed prolonged violence’s due to foreign sponsored insurgency. Things have taken a turn for betterment in the last few years ever since the BJP led union government has adopted the ‘Peace through development’ module. Large scale development models initiated by the government have brought back many insurgency groups to the mainstream in the region. Thousands of insurgents have laid down their arms in the last couple of years resulting in a peaceful atmosphere in the region.

Union Home minister Amit Shah recently said in Shillong that within eight years, incidents of insurgency had seen a decline of 74% in Northeast India and that the Government is taking initiatives to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)

Speaking in the North Eastern Council’s Golden jubilee celebration in Shillong on 18th December, 2022, Shah said, “Earlier Northeast India was known for shutdowns, strikes, bomb blasts & firing. In eight years, incidents of insurgency have seen a decline of 74%. Northeast that exists today has ameliorated from what it was eight years ago”.

Home Minister Shah opined that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Northeast has gone ahead on the path of development. Peace has prevailed in the northeast. “If you compare the northeast states that prevailed eight years ago and the northeast that exists today, you will find that after Narendra Modi became the PM for the first time the northeast is treading on the path to progress, truce, and development simultaneously,” he said.