Is this NEW Ram?
Or the opposite demonstrations . like against the army and the GoI?
But WHAT results have they brought?
At 6:25 AM -0600 5/31/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>*** This has become the broken record slogan of those who have run
out of >ideas and unaffected by what goes on,
C'da
The mass protests all over Guwahati (not just by a few
organizations), the lynching of the Ulfa Cadre, and even the
protest/clash by tea garden workers (see my other post from the
Statesman).. are all these made-up?
Or are you saying, these things don't matter and who cares?
--Ram
On 5/31/07, Chan Mahanta
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Ram:
>But, what I wanted to point out is that the tide seems to be
changing and not just in towns, but also the >rural areas - against
the ULFA's violence and generally against violence (say against the
military)
*** This has become the broken record slogan of those who have run
out of ideas and unaffected by what goes on, the mantra to chant to
pass for something being done to end the conflict.
I have heard this over and over again, about every six months or so,
except the words re-organized in slightly different ways.
c-da
At 10:04 PM -0600 5/30/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da
>Heh-heh! This looks like a BJP vs Congress battle.
I think I could well agree with you. I mean, any political group
will now take advantage (if it can) out of the situation - (othi
bhokti....), Isn;t that how band wagons are garnered in the first
place?
But, what I wanted to point out is that the tide seems to be
changing and not just in towns, but also the rural areas - against
the ULFA's violence and generally against violence (say against the
military)
There is a limit, even for ordinary folks, as to how much a group
like the ulfa can frighten them into submission and just plain
acquiescence and for how long. They kind a tolerated and even went
along for a while - till they plainly saw where they are being led
into - nowhere and into oblivion.
--Ram
On 5/30/07, Chan Mahanta
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>The BJYM leader said that the Centre should immediately impose
President's Rule in the State for the State >Government's failure to
tackle the activities of the ISI and other Islamic fundamentalists
in the State.
Heh-heh! This looks like a BJP vs Congress battle. ULFA just
happens to be a convenient catalyst.
At 6:30 PM -0600 5/30/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
Where is all that much touted support? Not in the villages, nor in
the cities?
____________________
Anti-ULFA slogans resonate in city
'Paresh Baruahar dalali nasaliba'
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, May 30: Anti-ULFA slogans resonated in the air in the city
today when hundreds of people responded to the call of a number of
senior journalists and writers, and took to the streets with a
protest march followed by a rally. The Bharatiya Janata Yuba Morcha
(BJYM), on the other hand, took out a separate procession and staged
a dharna near the Dighalipukhuri in the city demanding immediate
imposition of President's Rule in the State for the failure of the
State Government to tackle the activities of the ISI and other
Islamic fundamentalists in the State.
Responding to the call of as many as 14 senior journalists and
writers like Dhirendranath Chakravarty, Ranen Kumar Goswami, Rupam
Baruah, Nirupama Borgohain and others, over 100 activists of various
organizations like the Athgaon Binapani Samiti, Brihattar Athgaon
Rajohuwa Samiti, the Assam Public Works (APW) etc took to the
streets from the Guwahati Press Club (GPC) to the office of the
Deputy Commissioner and returned to the GPC where they held a rally.
Slogans like aah oi aah, ulai aah; khed oi khed; ULFA khed (come and
drive the ULFA away), ISI hoshiyar (ISI, be careful), PCGik eghoria
kar (outcast the PCG from the society), Paresh Baruahar dalali
nasaliba (broker Paresh Baruah's policy won't be allowed), Dhakar
adesh aami naamaanu (we won't obey Dhaka's diktat) etc rocked the
thoroughfares of the city from the GPC to the DC office and back
when the processionists began to shout slogans against the killing
in the city and the State by the ULFA.
Speaking at the rally later, Ranen Kumar Goswami said: "We don't
want an independent Asom as demanded by the ULFA, and we will never
accept the diktat of Dhaka or Islamabad. The ULFA should stop
killing in the State or else the people of the State won't remain
mute spectators".
Meanwhile, there was a hot altercation between BJYM president Dilip
Saikia and district Magistrate CK Bhuyan on the permission for the
procession taken by the BJYM against the State Government's failure
to bring the law-and-order situation under its control.
The BJYM leader said that the Centre should immediately impose
President's Rule in the State for the State Government's failure to
tackle the activities of the ISI and other Islamic fundamentalists
in the State. The BJYM staged a dharna near the Dighalipukhuri in
support of its demands.
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