New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on an elephant and jeep safari in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam on Saturday, March 9 morning.Against this backdrop, Congress leader and party’s communications charge, Jairam Ramesh, posted four questions addressing Modi on X (formerly, Twitter) regarding the security situation in the Northeast region. Here are the questions and accompanying text:§We’re glad that the Prime Minister has found time amidst his various travels to spend today morning in Kaziranga, an iconic national park which owes much to the great interest shown both by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. However beyond Kaziranga, here are four questions for him on the increasingly disturbed situation in different parts of the Northeast of India: 1. On June 19th, 2020, at the all-party meet on China, the Prime Minister declared that not a single Chinese soldier had crossed over into Indian territory. By giving a public clean chit to China, the Prime Minister has tied his own hands, and failed to take action to restore the status quo after Chinese aggression. Chinese troops continue to deny Indian citizens access to grazing lands and Indian patrols access to strategic spots along the LAC – where they previously had unimpeded access. There have been multiple instances of PLA troops kidnapping Indian citizens on Indian soil. In 2022, a BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh himself alleged that the PLA had abducted and tortured 19-year-old Miram Taron for ten days. During the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Itanagar, @RahulGandhi also met the family of Tapor Pullom, who has been missing since he was allegedly abducted by the PLA in 2015. Modiji, bhul gaye kya? Were you lying to the people back then? 2. Manipur has been in a state of virtual civil war for nearly a year now. Hundreds of people have died in widespread violence, lakhs have been displaced, communities are at war with each other, and the administration has collapsed. The violence continues – two youth in Moreh were beaten up on the 7th of March, and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Konsam Kheda Singh of the Indian Army was kidnapped from his own house in Thoubal district by militants on the 8th of March. Why has the Prime Minister, ordinarily misusing taxpayer’s money to campaign around the country, not found the time to visit Manipur yet, or even take a call with the Chief Minister and the political parties of the state? Is he waiting for the people of India to buy him a ticket to Imphal? 3. The Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) has declared a “public emergency” in Eastern Nagaland — threatening to disallow any political party from campaigning or contesting elections in the region — to protest the delay in the creation of a ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory.’ The Konyak Union (KU) and Tikhir Tribal Council (TTC) have echoed the ENPO’s declaration of a public emergency. On the 8th of March, there was a large-scale bandh in most of Eastern Nagaland. Even as the situation becomes increasingly more tense and threatens to disrupt the rule of law and democracy in Nagaland, the Union Government appears to be missing in action. This is not a new development: we have seen the Modi Sarkar previously obscure the political situation of Nagaland with the 2015 Naga Accord, which has not even been released to the public, much less implemented. What steps is the Modi Sarkar taking to defuse the situation brewing in eastern Nagaland today? 4. Three labourers working in a stone quarry in Cachar, Assam in December 2023 were abducted by the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF). In mid-February 2024, 10 labourers working at Finboro Coalmine in Changlang district on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border were abducted by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and the United Liberation Front of Assam Independent (ULFA-I). There has been a disturbing re-emergence of separatist groups emboldened to disrupt the lives of common people and enact their reign of terror. When faced with this renewed violence, why is the Modi Sarkar sitting on its hands?