[Assam] Jai jai Ram on Buddhist Xizang Plateau ! Can’t India read the KaalChokro?

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*AIMING HIGH: **Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh tries his
hand at archery at the inaugural day of the Buddha festival at Tawang on
Friday. *

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/24/stories/2007112455091100.htm

Guwahati: Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh on Friday said
in Tawang that Arunachal Pradesh will continue to remain an integral part of
India and the people of Arunachal Pradesh are always Indians first and they
would always remain Indian.

Inaugurating the seventh Buddha Mahotsava, he said India was negotiating
with China on the border issues and was for more economic and political
activities with the neighbouring country. But there was no question of any
compromise on the issue of Arunachal Pradesh being an integral part of
India.

Earlier, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said there were
still apprehensions in the minds of the people of Arunachal Pradesh about
China and its intention.

Mr. Ramesh, however, said that India must have the same approach as China in
developing its border areas. "The people of northeast particularly those
living along the border have seen the improvement in quality of life and
standards across the border.

He said that within the next 10 years 29,000 MW of hydel power would be
generated in Arunachal Pradesh that would fetch the State a royalty of Rs.
6,000 crore. At present the total Central expenditure in the State was Rs.
2,500 crore.

The Union Minister was non-committal, when monks of the Tawang monastery
gave a representation, demanding creation of an autonomous district council
for the Monpa-inhabited areas. Official sources said both the Ministry of
External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs were against creation of
an autonomous council in this strategically located area.

Mr. Ramesh underlined the need for a development push in Arunachal Pradesh .
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