What is a unified command and why does Manipur need it?
Hindustan TimesOn Wednesday, at an office in the Manipur chief minister’s secretariat, a group of 12 top officials from different government agencies, who are working to restore normalcy in the state, met to review and formulate their strategy to counter-insurgency operations, maintain law and order, and ensure the safety of the communities in the state. Composition An order from the Manipur commissioner dated May 31 detailed who the 12 members of the command would be: The state chief secretary, III Corps Commander, the director general of police, administrative secretary, additional director general of police, General Officer Commanding, 57 Mountain Division, the inspector general of police, as well as senior-most representatives of Assam Rifles, CRPF, BSF, IB. Retired IPS officer, Shesh Paul Vaid, former director general of the J&K police, said the unified command mechanism was a success in Jammu and Kashmir. Headed by the Manipur police chief, one IG rank police officer, and the deputy director of IB, the other members are intelligence representatives from the Army, Assam Rifles, BSF and CRPF. Retired IPS officer Prakash Singh who was police chief in Assam and headed the BSF in Punjab where a similar unified combined headquarters was in place during the insurgency problem in the 1980s and '90s, said, “A unified command can be as effective as the political wing wants it to be.
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