BJP snub Tuki on demand for Mon and Patkai autonomy grant

Terming "election gimmick", the move of the high-level delegation led by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to convince the Centre for granting Mon and Patkai Autonomous District Councils (ADCs), the BJP today accused the government of doing nothing in favour of the proposed two ADCs in the past.
"Advocating for Mon and Patkai ADCs and talking about the China issue particularly before the ensuing Lok Sabha and State Vidhan Sabha elections is nothing but a mere election gimmick," party's state general secretary Dominic Tadar said in a statement.
"Where did the Congress-led state government go since 2004 if it was committed for the proposed two Autonomous regions in the state," the party questioned.

The party maintained that long-standing issue of autonomy to Mon and Patkai region was nothing new for which the state Legislative Assembly twice recommended to the Centre but it remained unattended despite the party ruling in both the Centre and State, it said.
"Had the chief minister and the ruling Congress government been serious they could have pursued the matter recommended by the state Assembly rigorously," the party said.
The BJP further alleged that a jumbo size delegation before election time is nothing but a political stunt just for vote bank politics.
On China issue, the BJP said that the state government and its leaders "had always kept mum and was busy in power struggle within the party though Chinese claim over Arunachal continues".

The party urged the chief minister and his cabinet to visit Indo-China border areas by road and get into the ground level situations facing the people in the border villages and outposts, the statement added.