Will suggest measures to allay concern of NE people: Bezbaruah

The chairman of the panel, set up by the government to suggest remedial measures to address concerns of the people of Northeast, today said he would try to listen to the voice of the affected people besides exploring the option of framing an anti-racial legislation.
Former IAS officer M P Bezbaruah, who will head the six- member committee, said the panel will have wide-ranging discussions with people from the region who faced attacks in Delhi and other parts of the country, besides addressing ways to allay their concerns.
"I have an open mind. We will try to listen to the voice of the affected people and all those who are concerned over the problems being faced by the people of Northeast," he told PTI over phone from Itanagar where he is attending a seminar.

The former Union Tourism Secretary said the committee will deliberate and find ways to stop such attacks on the people from Northeast.
"Is there a need for such a legislation? Definitely there is. But the larger question is implementation on the ground," he said when asked whether the panel will suggest framing an anti-racial legislation.
Bezbaruah said he had spent most of his life working for the people of the Northeast and would try his best to do whatever he could to reduce their suffering.
The committee was set up by the government yesterday to suggest remedial measures to address concerns of people from the Northeast following outrage over the death in Delhi of a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh.

Former IAS officers H W T Syeim, Allen Temshi Jamir, Tape Bagra and P Bharat Singh will be members of the committee which will have Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs S Saha as Member Secretary.