Arunachal CM extends olive branch to insurgents from TCL region

Khonsa: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has appealed to all indigenous youths of Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts, who have strayed into an insurgency, to return to the mainstream for a better Arunachal.

“Insurgency is not a solution to any problem. The TCL region has suffered a lot due to it. We want peace and we want development,” he said on the auspicious occasion of Pongtu festival of the Tutsas here on Monday.

The Chief Minister said that under the state government’s surrender policy, all such returnees will be taken care of and helped to re-join the mainstream. Appealing to all youths to “come back, surrender and embrace peace”, Khandu asserted that violence and gun culture only end in bloodshed, which nobody wants.