Jt effort of NE states & Centre to stop arms flow to rebels:

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today called for a joint effort of all northeastern states and the Centre to check free flow of arms to militants in the region.
"As per intelligence inputs, huge number of arms are now available across the Northeast. There is some formidable anti-national force working overtime and that is why these guns and explosives are coming in. This needs to be addressed jointly by all the state governments (in the region) and the Centre," the Chief Minister told reporters here after chairing a meeting of the state security commission.
"This is not a problem of Meghalaya, but a national problem because there is a threat to destabilise the nation through the Northeast," he said.

Admitting that the state was going through "challenging and difficult times" due to the prevailing situation in the Garo Hills, the Chief Minister disagreed to the criticism of the state's inactiveness over law and order situation and sought synergy of efforts to tackle the problem.
"There is no room for blame game. There is room to pool in all our resources and might. There is (room for) a complete synergy in our efforts (state and Centre) to tackle the problem," he said.
Questioning the border guarding agencies, the Chief Minister asked, "Where is the gun coming from? Whose job is it to take care of the international border?"

Stating that armed miscreants targeted petrol outlets and banks, Mukul said, "These are crucial public sectors and that means there is a smart mind operating, which we will have to jointly investigate. We will have to share all the inputs and investigate aggressively to unravel the conspiracy.