Jamia holds seminar on Maoist issue
5 Oct 2012 1:30 AM GMT
Maoism is in focus at Jamia Milia Islamia [JMI] university. A national conference with theme Central India Towards Conflict Resolution was organised by Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution on Thursday. The conference aimed at arriving at peace strategies for tackling the Maoist problem in Central India.
The conference was set in the inaugural session by the opening remarks of Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung. The inaugural address was by Chancellor Lt Gen MA Zaki [Retd]. He relied on his experience in counter insurgency from the tactical to the strategic level to highlight that preventing a degeneration of the conflict is necessary in order to energise peace processes.
In the first session, major issues that emerged were that the state has deficiencies in reaching development to the region. The security template operational therein also has limitations. The Maoists too have an implacable wider agenda of seizing state control driving them. As a result, people in the region are bearing considerable pressures from both sides. An expert from the North East opined that there was little risk of the problem spreading. There was little that the ongoing peace processes in the North East could offer by way of lessons for Central India.
In the second session was kicked off by a special address by the former special DG, CRPF, PM Nair. He reflected on the humane aspect of operations being done by CRPF. Later, it was brought out by the various speakers that the combine of police and central police forces currently operating there require to make many and varied improvements in their training, culture and equipment in case they are to be effective.
The third session was the climax of the conference as intended and Problems faced in the peace process were brought out by Swami Agnivesh in his candid recounting of recent history in which he was a significant participant. It emerged that the state is also reluctant to go down the peace route. Dr Binayak Sen, noted human rights defender, educated the audience on the ‘silent famine’ that is underway in India in terms of nutrition deficit for most of the people.
The conference was set in the inaugural session by the opening remarks of Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung. The inaugural address was by Chancellor Lt Gen MA Zaki [Retd]. He relied on his experience in counter insurgency from the tactical to the strategic level to highlight that preventing a degeneration of the conflict is necessary in order to energise peace processes.
In the first session, major issues that emerged were that the state has deficiencies in reaching development to the region. The security template operational therein also has limitations. The Maoists too have an implacable wider agenda of seizing state control driving them. As a result, people in the region are bearing considerable pressures from both sides. An expert from the North East opined that there was little risk of the problem spreading. There was little that the ongoing peace processes in the North East could offer by way of lessons for Central India.
In the second session was kicked off by a special address by the former special DG, CRPF, PM Nair. He reflected on the humane aspect of operations being done by CRPF. Later, it was brought out by the various speakers that the combine of police and central police forces currently operating there require to make many and varied improvements in their training, culture and equipment in case they are to be effective.
The third session was the climax of the conference as intended and Problems faced in the peace process were brought out by Swami Agnivesh in his candid recounting of recent history in which he was a significant participant. It emerged that the state is also reluctant to go down the peace route. Dr Binayak Sen, noted human rights defender, educated the audience on the ‘silent famine’ that is underway in India in terms of nutrition deficit for most of the people.
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