>maybe a plebiscite is not a bad idea at all. atleast Hehehe! Not so fast. Here are some potential problems I see in the way it is conducted, and who will be allowed to take part in it.
It would be a bad idea if illegal Bangladeshi's or ISI types are also given a chance to voice their opinion. And how will this be conducted? Even today, when there is a call for Assam bondho, there is no one to challenge it. Will the plebicite be conducted under the threat of violence? And lastly, Nayan, we have seen in even this microscopic sample (Assam net), we are not able to even accept the results of a poll nor come to a consensus, and you think, C'da and others will accept something as serious as a plebicite if it goes against their wishes? Lastly, I seriously doubt if the Indian Govt. will accept to hold a plebicite. Agreeing to hold a plebicite would be tantamount to declaring (for the Govt,) that maybe, just maybe Assam could be sovereign, and the Govts. points are not that strong. Furthermore, the Govt. of India is just a CARETAKER of the country and her people. It does not have *any rights* to give away portions of the country when it pleases, or even hold plebicites *that could well cast doubts in the territorial integrity of the country*. Well, thats the way I understand the essence of the Indian Constitution. That I think is a big reason why Kashmir couldn't have a plebicite either. In any case, IMHO, like Kashmir, the role for a plebicite is too late for Assam --Ram On 10/10/07, Nayanjyoti Medhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > see i told you C Da will barge in. anyway, maybe a plebiscite is not a bad > idea at all. atleast let the whole world know what people really want in > assam. assamese people who stay in assam, work in assam, have their families > in assam, live here and die here. they should be the ones to decide what > they want. i fully agree with C da. let there be a plebiscite. but before > that it should be gauranteed by all concerned that people's wishes will be > respected. > > On 10/10/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That should pretty much place those who are for Assam's continued > > servitude in a huge majority and thus pave the way for a plebiscite to put > > an end to the speculations, wouldn't it? > > > > > > Why even bother about Assam Public Works' house to house interrogation > > poll? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 11:55 AM -0600 10/10/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > > > Jeeez.. only 5% support sovereignty and this movement? Thats bad even > > from a poll that one doesn't trust. > > > > > > > > It is encouraging to note that that some 43% sent in their votes thru > > surface mail. > > > > > > > > Any reasons why the PCG did not publish the results? Also, does this > > result in any way match up with those conducted by the Assam Public Works > > (or Service) group? > > > > > > > > _________________ > > > > On 10/10/07,* Nayanjyoti Medhi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > yes, i read the report. but now that you have pointed it out, you can be > > rest assured that somebody (C Da) will deny the authenticity of that report. > > i am reproducing the relevant paragraph below for easy access. you can also > > see the editorial in assamtimes.org and comment. i wrote that on > > request of the webmaster. > > > > > > > > *Assam journalists condemn ULFA threat to editors > > *<http://www.newswatch.in/news-analyses/attacks-on-scribes/5060.html> > > ** > > > > June 15, 2006 | Newswatch Desk | Newswatch > > > > LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE ARTICLE ------->"The nine-member PCG, formed > > on September 8, 2005, includes engineer Mukul Mahanta, journalists Ajit > > Bhuyan, Haider Hussain and Diganta Konwar, medic Brajen Gogoi, advocate Arup > > Borbora, advisor to the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad Dilip > > Patgiri, advisor to the Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti Lachit Bordoloi, and > > sports organiser Hiranya Saikia. Litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami and > > former footballer player Rebati Phukan act as facilitators, and maintain > > links between the government and the consultative group. > > > > Shortly after it was formed, the group asked people of the state to > > express their opinion about the peace process. About 5,670 people responded > > to that survey of which 1,500 odd were through SMS, another 1,700 through > > e-mails, and rest through land mail. The results of the survey were not > > announced Amar Asom exposed it. The result, according to the newspaper, only > > 300 or so people supported ULFA and its cause, while the rest voiced their > > opinion in the negative." > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/10/07,* Krishnendu Chakraborty* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Check the last para of this --- > > http://www.newswatch.in/news-analyses/attacks-on-scribes/5060.html > > > > Looks like PCG too tried similar polls .... not sure > > if the pollsters were uneducated and "IMMATURE, > > UNINFORMED and UNREALISTIC to the core". > > > > PCG was too shy to publish the results :-) > > > > BTW, while it is fair to assume that visitors of > > assamtimes.org (or even those who responded to PCG) > > are not a fair representation of Assam, can someone > > explain WHO forms a fair representation of Assam --- > > the villagers who lynch ULFA every now and then, the > > School teachers who are killed by ULFA, the traders > > whose business get impacted because of regular > > bombblast, the journalists who are threatened by > > ULFA, the intellectuals (including AXX) who discard > > the idea of Sovereignty, the NRAs ?????? > > > > > > >>Entirely faulty premise for the poll. > > > > >>WHO visits assamtimes.org ? Are they a fair > > representation of Assam's polity? > > > > >>If the pollsters are as uneducated about as simple > > an issue as this, > > what will anybody learn from it? > > > > >>IMMATURE, UNINFORMED and UNREALISTIC to the core. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:47 AM +0530 10/10/07, Nayanjyoti Medhi wrote: > > >please take part in the opinion poll going on in > > >< http://www.assamtimes.org> www.assamtimes.org > > > > > >-- > > >Nayanjyoti Medhi > > > > >Advocate > > >Gauhati High Court > > > > > >Chamber: > > >Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East > > >Guwahati-781001, Assam > > > > > >Phone: > > >+91 361 2416960 > > >+91 94350 43007 > > > > > >Email: > > ><mailto: nayanjyoti.medhi at > > gmail.com>nayanjyoti.medhi at gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > _______________ > > Don't let your dream ride pass you by. 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