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security of the nation is of the utmost and highest importance and that, in view
of this, His Majesty the King had been providing personal attention in finding
ways to make the militants leave the country. To this end, His Majesty had
been taking high risks by visiting the militant affected areas.
The Minister said that in the history of the world, in a number of countries,
foreigners had entered for a variety of reasons and settled in them permanently.
Through such developments, over time, the rights and sovereignty of the
original inhabitants had been adversely affected. To avoid such a situation in
our country, there is need to safeguard our sovereignty even more zealously in
the coming year, he said.
Many members expressed doubts and reservations about the ULFA removing their
camps in keeping with the agreed minutes signed between them and the Royal
Government and said that military action would have to be taken to make them
leave. In this regard, many members said that the strength of the army would have
to be increased while others called for militia volunteers to be trained to support the
regular troops. With the debate extending over two days, His Majesty the King
called on the members to focus the discussions on the following three points and
then take a decision.
1. The agreed minutes of the meeting held in June 2001 between the Royal
Government and ULFA leaders were distributed to all the members. The
Assembly should decide whether to endorse the agreement reached in this
meeting and accordingly discuss what actions should be taken by the Royal
Government.
2. It would be very useful if the house discussed and decided on what course of
action the Royal Government should take after December this year if the
ULFA do not implement the agreement given by them as reflected the
agreed minutes.
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