India jumped the carbon emission gun and lost her bargaining power in Copenhagen. CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat stated this while advocating greater autonomy as an alternative to statehood.
The communist leader also foresaw continuation of the militancy problem in Assam unless both the government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom gave up precondition for talks.
"We had warned the UPA not to announce emission cut norms without getting any reciprocating assurance from the developed countries. The government chose to be overzealous and lost its power to bargain at the climate conference," Karat said here on Sunday.
Chiding the UPA for unleashing the Telengana tsunami, the CPI (M) leader said greater autonomy could be a better option to statehood. Further division of the states would be harmful to the integrity of the nation, he felt.
"If regional imbalances and regional disparity are the criteria for creation of new states, many of the states in the country would have to be fragmented. Such steps would be without principle," Karat said.
"We are for strengthening of the provisions under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution," the CPI (M) leader said with reference to the Northeast. In this context, he favoured greater and meaningful autonomy for removing regional imbalances and meeting the aspirations of people.
{{/usCountry}}"We are for strengthening of the provisions under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution," the CPI (M) leader said with reference to the Northeast. In this context, he favoured greater and meaningful autonomy for removing regional imbalances and meeting the aspirations of people.
{{/usCountry}}Telengana became the trigger of many statehood movements that were either dormant or mildly ongoing across the Northeast and adjoining West Bengal. These include Bodoland, Dimaraji and Karbi Anglong in Assam, Garoland in Meghalaya and Kamtapur straddling Assam and West Bengal.