[Assam] PM Singh, returning goods to the owner is the norm of any civilised society. Surely you know the meaning of wanting to posses what you do not own! India ‘pinched’ Assam; so, giving her back CANNOT crumble India. Are you saying India is that fragile?

[Bartta Bistar]

*Govt. to deal firmly with any terror design: Manmohan*

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200703081823.htm

New Delhi, March 8 (PTI): Sending a tough message, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh today said the Government would deal firmly to defeat any terrorist
design but would not hesitate to talk to those who want peace.

"At the outset, let me say that I have always condemned violence and
extremism in Assam and elsewhere and never hesitated to say that we can
negotiate only with those who want peace, not with those who kill innocent
people," he said replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address
in Lok Sabha.

"We will never hesitate to sit down and talk to a fellow Indian - howsoever
misguided he or she may be - if such conversation can bring peace to our
people," Singh said referring to Assam and ULFA.

But at the same time, the government would never compromise with the unity
and integrity of the country or allow those who killed innocent people to go
unpunished, he said.

It was with this in view that his government began a dialogue with the
People's Consultative Group so that it might gradually extend to ULFA as
well, he said adding as talks did not make headway, action by security
forces continued.

"Mere mention of one insurgent group or the other will not serve any
purpose. What is required is the will and resolve to maintain peace and
order and defeat any terrorist design. About this, there should be no doubt
whatsoever about the firmness of our resolve," he said.
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