AAMSAs ban on Samujjal draws flak
>From our Correspondent
SILCHAR, Aug 3: Different political parties and students bodies have strongly
condemned the statement of All Assam Madrassa Students Association (AAMSA)
president Saleh Ahmed Mazumdar not to allow AASU advisor Samujjal
Bhattacharyya to visit Barak Valley accusing him of fomenting hatred and
animosity among different communities on the issue of Bangladeshi nationals.
BJP State president and former Silchar MLA Bimolangshu Roy said, The AAMSA
presidents statement is highly provocative and smacks of a well-calculated
design to frustrate the ongoing drive against Bangladeshis.
AGP Cachar district president Manas Bhattacharjee took serious exception to
AAMSAs stand and said, Our executive body will meet soon to examine the
implication of the statement of AAMSA and if the president of the association
did mean what he said, it would be most undemocratic.
All Cachar-Karimganj-Hailakandi Students Association (ACKHSA) chief advisor
Pradip Dutta Roy pointed out, Samujjal Bhattacharyya is a citizen of India and
has every right to visit any part of the country. He dubbed the stand of AAMSA
as most unfortunate.
Ahlo Sunnat Wal Jamaat chief advisor Maulana Charimal Haque said that the AAMSA
could not take the liberty on itself to obstruct the entry or movement of
Bhattacharyya in the Barak Valley. All Assam Minorities Students Union (AAMSU)
Hailakandi unit president Maulana Hasnujjaman was equally strident in
criticizing the AAMSA for its provocative statement and accused Saleh Ahmed
Mazumdar of creating communal instability.
The district units of AASU of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi, at a joint
press meet on Thursday at Hailakandi, reacted sharply to the AAMSAs stand and
asserted that any attempt to prevent Samujjal Bhattacharyya from entering the
valley will be resisted by all means, and warned the association not to indulge
in such campaign against the distinguished student leader. They said as
planned Bhattacharyya will attend the AASU convention at Hailakandi on August 9
and at Silchar on August 10, besides visiting the areas bordering Mizoram.
Manjur Ahmed Barbhuiyan, AASU leader of Cachar unit, said, We should not
forget that Samujjal Bhattacharyya garnered support for Debojit Saha in the
North-east to make him the Voice of India, and brought both the valleys of
Brahmaputra and Barak closer. To call him anti-Bengali is most unfortunate.
HOWRAGHAT: Meanwhile, the All Dimasa Students Union (ADSU) also condemned the
AAMSAs ban on entry of Samujjal Bhattacharyya to the Barak Valley.
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