State's failure to meet financial responsibility delays force

The 'failure' of the Meghalaya government to fulfill its financial responsibility has resulted in the Centre delaying deployment of para-military forces in the militancy-hit Garo Hills region, BJP state unit President Shibun Lyngdoh said today.
Shibun, who had gone to Delhi recently to meet the Union Home Minister, was informed that the state government has failed to cough up the requisite 10 per cent state share in deploying the Central forces.
"The union minister informed that this was the main reason why the Centre has delayed sending the para-military forces to Meghalaya," Shibun told reporters here.
He was sharing the outcome of the state party leadership meeting with the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, in New Delhi last month.

As it is the case with all NE states, the Centre bears 90 per cent of the cost while the state has to also chip in to pay 10 per cent of any such deployment.
"The BJP state unit has also requested the Centre to do something about it to ensure that the forces are deployed at the earliest so that people in Garo Hills can live a safe, secure and peaceful life," he said.
According to the BJP President, the state government did not fulfill its commitment to cough up the requisite 10 per cent share required as financial expenses for the deployment of the para-military forces in the state.

Last month, the Chief Minister had sought additional deployment of para-military forces to assist the state in tackling militancy and insurgency-related problems in the state including Garo Hills.