THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, we had a long debate. The matter concerns the whole nation. Not only the whole nation, the whole world is looking to our nation on this issue. I also know that some of our Hon. Members are exercised over this problem. I can well understand their sentiments and emotions. I shall not like to go into all the details of the questions that have been raised. I shall try to refrain myself from going into the past. I shall not like to

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia) : Mr. Chairman, Sir, I have perforce to participate in this discussion with a heavy heart. I did not want that such question should come before us. But the reality of life is that we cannot lose sight of these’things. The warning given by my friend, Shri Sathe is the warning of time and our future will become dark, if we do not pay need to it in time. This is my view. I will not point towards any person or any group, but would like to say that the civilizati

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform this House and the hon. Member, Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev that only last week I had a meeting with the Governor of Assam and also the officials of Assam and the Government of India were present. We have decided that all those schemes that have been cleared, they should be implemented. About the Barak University, I told that the work should be taken up immediately. There are certain problems, Mr. Deputy Spea

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened carefully to the speeches of the hon. members on this important issue. It has been a very useful debate; all aspects of this matter have been debated. I shall not like to go into the various points that have been raised. I shall only confine to the point that is vital in this debate. I would like to make it clear at the very beginning that I am as much concerned as any other Member of this House to protect and s

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened carefully to the speeches of the hon. members on this important issue. It has been a very useful debate; all aspects of this matter have been debated. I shall not like to go into the various points that have been raised. I shall only confine to the point that is vital in this debate. I would like to make it clear at the very beginning that I am as much concerned as any other Member of this House to protect and s

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have heard to the problems of the tribals but the hon. Speaker of South Korea is waiting for me for the last half an hour. Please excuse me. THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Before making a statement on SAARC summit I would like to point out only one thing regarding the freedom of Press a point raised by hon. Dandavateji, Gujaralji and Narasingh Raoji, Shri Bhajan Lal and Shri Santosh Mohan Dev also raised it

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia) (U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am first time congratulating somebody in the House. I know P.M. Sayeed since the very first day, at that time I was also in Congress Party. The new Members of Congress Party raised points on some fundamental issues and at that time P.M. Sayeed was the youngest Member who participated in it. He was born in a tribal area of Lakshadweep which is situated in the mid of sea. He has closely seen helplessness and agony. He has also seen

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Sir, first of all I congratulate the President of India. When the dignity of the country was at stake, when big guns of the country were ready to touch the feet of the foreigners, at that time the President of India said that the world is becoming a village but we had never accepted that someone would be the head of this village. This statement was criticized very much. I am sorry to say that the Government of India also did not consider it necessary

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue raised by Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is a very serious one. Government and especially you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, should take it with the same seriousness. Government should order an inquiry into the matter. It has happened not for the first time. A very peculiar situation has come up in the country that pressures are mounted by the big industrial houses. There was a family in 1968 which used to mount pressure and th

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, just now some hon’ble Members raised the Manipur issue. Right from the beginning the attitude of the Government towards Nagaland problem was objectionable. There are no two opinions that peace should be restored in Nagaland. I know the Chief Minister of Nagaland for years and few days back he had also met me. Probably it is for the first time that the Government are holding a talk on the Nagaland issue and the Chief Minister of tha