AGARTALA, December 3 (TIWN): Before leaving state on his maiden visit as the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi met with with state cabinet for a shortwhile in the state guest house. However, it is learnt that PM has not assured on any of the Manik's nine point demands. A highly placed source informed that the PM wanted to know how the State Govt succeeded in combating the insurgency in Tripura. While briefing the PM, Chief Minister grabbed this as a chance to present himself as the mastermind behind this mission of ending insurgency in Tripura. As expected Manik Sarkar tried to impress upon PM Modi that during his 17 years rule it is his able administration which dismantled the terror network in the state. PM also asked Manik Sarkar to give a presentation on Tripura's insurgency operation during the Chief Ministers' conference in Delhi on 7th December.

But all were stunned with the CMs approach regarding the insurgency operation as he avoided mentioning names of stalwarts like ex Tripura and Assam DGP G.M.Srivastav or role of Union Home Ministry,Military intelligence.Most importantly CM failed to mention the existence of 32 NLFT, ATTF militant camps along Indo-Bangla Border.

Bangladesh remains the favourite destination of rackets smuggling weapons into South Asia's eastern flank to worry both India and Bangladesh. Because,  as long as weapons are easily available and at reasonable prices, armed militancy cannot be totally eradicated from a region. Since the late 1980s, guerrillas in the Northeast India have been largely armed by weapons brought in from China or south-east Asian blackmarkets through Bangladesh coast

     That Bangladesh's coastal region was still the favourite drop site for those trying to smuggle in weapons into Northeast India became evident during Anthony Shimray's interrogation by the NIA. The NSCN leader has confessed he had paid Thai gunrunner Willy  to arrange for a huge consignment of Chinese weapons to be dropped at Cox Bazar in 2010 winter but the plan had to be cancelled because he was arrested in Kathmandu .The Habiganj haul should also raise an alarm -- which insurgent group in India's Northeast or which radical group in Bangladesh would fancy possessing anti-tank weapons as neither India nor Bangladesh has ever used tanks or heavy artillery against any insurgent group.The Satcherri jungles  was the one-time headquarters of the All Tripura Tiger Force. The ULFA, its close ally, also used the base for stocking weapons before they were smuggled into Northeast India in smaller quantities. Though the ATTF is much weakened and its top leader Ranjit Debbarma is now in a Tripura prison, it could well be possible that some of its fighters were still around in Bangladesh to help the ULFA use their old base for stocking weapons before bringing them in.ULFA's military wing chief Paresh Barua , now believed to somewhere on the Sino-Burmese border , is still involved in smuggling weapons -- either for use by his own much-weakened rebel army or for sale to potential customers like the Maoists.

It is true that to combat terrorism in Tripura  state govt had extended its support to the centre but during the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar actually tried to subdue the role played by the central govt as well as the central forces, Bangladesh forces . Actually it seemed that he was more interested in his own propaganda of promoting himself as an 'able and transparent' administrator than facing the real truth behind the Tripura's successful insurgency operation. Thus, Tripura's success in crashing the  terrorism was not only a mission of the Manik's state govt, but a combined effort of the Centre, State and friendly Bangladesh Govt  and common policy to crush the terror network. 

Supercops like Tripura's ex-DGP G.M.Srivatsava not only helped to crush insurgency in Tripura but also successful to crush Assam's dreded ULFA and statewide insurgency as DGP of Assam.

Fact is Tripura's militancy is again on the path of resurrecting its ugly head as recently NLFT killed BSF jawans in North Tripura. Not only that NLFT, ATTF militants are re-grouping in 32 militants camps across border, fund raising and abductions taking place everyday.