Legal Dictation
Mr. Deputy Speaker,
Sir, while intervening in this debate, I would like to
thank the hon’ble Members who
have contributed to this
debate. Each and everyone has given words of praise for our Armed Forces. They
have supported us. Not only they supported us but they have urged that Government
should provide more funds for the Defence Forces.
As regards the
Parliamentary Committee which has been mentioned by some Members, there was a
recommendation, but it has not been
accepted nor has it been rejected. We have started certain schemes and started implementation of these
recommendations. Once these recommendations are (100) implemented and once we have the feedback then we would like
to consider whether a Parliamentary Committee is at all necessary. But we can
say, at this stage, that the
Government has neither rejected nor accepted the formulation of the
Parliamentary Committee.
A mention has been made that Army should not be deployed time and again for the civilian
aids. It is always the policy of the Government, so also of the Defence Ministry, that we never
encourage it unless it is absolutely
necessary. The Army has played a very good role in helping the civilian
administration when they are (200)
called for at the time of
natural calamities and for
combating terrorist activities in various
parts of the country. They have maintained unfortunately, there are some criticisms when Army has been
deployed in Manipur and Tripura. And I
can tell that the Army has never
involved itself in any activity other than those which they have been assigned
for that is, countering the insurgency. We have seen that insurgency in Nagaland has been stopped.
We have seen that after the Army was inducted
in Tripura, peace has not only come
but the killings have been stopped. (300)
This is a good sign. Army has been assigned with the particular job and they are doing it. Not only
that, when Army goes to different remote
areas, they take certain steps to develop better contact with the people. In
Tripura, I myself have seen that the Army has taken medical team along with
their combat team, and they have
given medical aid to the people of that area. In addition to this, they have organized various activities
there through distribution of food-stuffs
among the children and they have also
given nourishing food to the children. (400)
