From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
Subject: India - Tamilnadu Government Resolution Accepts Censure Move
Date: 11 Apr 92 00:34:10 GMT


Date	: April 10, 1992
Country	: India and Pakistan


* Five ULFA rebels surrendered in Assam
* Madras: govt resolution accepts censure move
* Vajpayee accuses government of neglecting Jammu
* 'Sadbhawana March' leaves for Pakistan
* Parliament Briefs

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* Five ULFA rebels surrendered in Assam

Tezpur, Apr 10 (PTI): Five rebels of the United Liberation Front of
Assam(ULFA) of Sonipur dist in Assam surrendered arms and ammunition
to the deputy commissioner Kumar Sanjay Krishna here on Friday.
	The deputy commissioner told PTI that Haren Bora, chief of
Sonipur dist unit of ULFA, could not surrender as he was injured
in a road accident on Thursday.
	The ULFA leaders assured the deputy commissioner that more
arms and ammunition would be surrendered during the next few days.
	The ULFA, once staunch separatists, has now split.  Most
of its top leaders have either been arrested or killed in two
successive army operations.  Those arrested have also sat for
talks with Government officials.  But its elusive commander in
chief, Paresh Baruaj, now believed to be in Bangladesh, has
reiterated the ULFA's original demand - secession from India.

* Madras - govt resolution accepts censure move

Madras - (PTI): The Tamil nadu assembly passed a government 
resolution accepting the privileges committee's recommendation
that the editor and publisher of the Illustrated weekly of India,
Anil Dharker and its former Madras correspondent, K.P.Sunil be
called before the bar of the house and reprimanded.
	the motion, moved by the leader of the house and Tamil nadu
finance minister V.R.Nedunchezhiyanm was passed by a voice vote.
After the motion was adopted, the speaker R.R.Muthaiah, said he would
soon "summon the editor and columnist before the bar of the house".
	S.R.Balasubramaniam of the Cong(I) has, on September 25 last
year, raised a breach of privilege motion against the weekly for
an article in its sept 21-27 issue titled "Tamil Nadu assembly fast
gaining notoriety," casting aspersions on the chair and the house.
The speaker then preferred the motion to the privileges committee.
	The committee headed by the deputy speaker and committee 
chairman, Prof K. Ponnuswamy, on Wednesday recommended that the 
two be called before the bar of the house and reprimanded.

* Vajpayee accuses government of neglecting Jammu

New Delhi - Apr 10 (PTI): The BJP leader Atal Bihar Bajpayee Friday
condemned the Prime Minister P.V.Narsimha Rao's government "for
neglecting Jammu and Ladakh regions and pampering the people in the
Kashmir valley."
	Addressing the workers of BJP from Jammu who were on a
day-long sit-in demonstration here, Vajpayee said, "the policy
of appeasement" was the main reason behind the unjust treatment 
handed out to the Jammu and Ladakh and regretted that despite
the fact the government's attention had been drawn towards the
problems of these two regions, but has taken no effort to solve
them.
	The Indian Constitution under its article 370 accords a
special status to Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim majority
state.  The BJP has constantly demanded the scrapping of this article, 
which it says has compounded the state's problems.  Hindus are a
majority in the southern part of the state - Jammu.
	Vajpayee said the assembly seats for Jammu must increase
as its area and population was much more than that of Kashmir valley.
	The BJP leader said the demand for the creation of a 
regional council for Jammu was just and should be immediately 
fulfilled.
	Several other BJP leaders including Madan Lal Khurana,
K.L Sharma and PRem Dhuma also joined the sit-in.

* 'Sadbhawan March' leaves for Pakistan

New Delhi - April 10 (PTI):  A 'Sadbhawana march' (good will march)
left here Friday for Pakistan to help spread spirit of love and
brotherhood among the people of the two countries.
	The ten day march, organized by the Indian National -
was seen off by federal minister of state for home Mr. M.M.Jacob.
	The 'Sadbhawana March' will be joined by about 3,000 
pilgrims in Amritsar, who will visit the Sikh shrines of Nankana
Sahib in Pakistan.

* Parliament Briefs:

New Delhi - April 10 (PTI): The external debt outstanding on account
of government borrowings has registered an increase of 6.49 percent
during 1990-91 over that of 1989-90 while debt outstanding on
account of external commercial owings has registered an increase of
21.03 percent during 1990-91 over that of 1989-90, minister of state
for finance Rameshwar Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

A meeting is being organised in Geneva in May this year, "The world
economic forum" which will focus on increased opportunities of trade 
and investment in India, Salman Khurshid said.

The General Insurance Corp of India, has proposed to set up a subsi-
diary in Britain which has been referred to a ministerial committee on 
joint ventures abroad in the commerce ministry for due examinations and
appropriate action, minister of state for finance Dalbir Singh told
the Lok sabha.


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