Assam unnecessarily creating problems for itself.
http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=174296 Sunday October 21 2007 00:17:48 AM BDT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hem Raj Jain , India <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We normally hear five following major problems inflicting Assam (causing violence and bloodshed also) and which in my opinion are unnecessarily keeping Assam in a perpetual state of grumbling, conflicts and disturbances (mainly due to lack of dynamic, progressive and competent political leadership in Assam): - (1)- Armed movement by ULFA (with its leadership now allegedly in Bangladesh) for the establishment of "sovereign socialist Assam" and movement for Bodoland etc. Supporters of ULFA & Bodoland etc. even compare Assam with Kashmir problem, without realizing that the genesis of problem in J&K is "two nation theory" which partitioned India in 1947 on religious lines. Whereas there is no such case in Assam, as its population is predominantly Hindu (non-Muslim). (2)- Huge numbers of Bangladeshis have infiltrated in Assam. This has caused economical pressure on natives of Assam, changed the demographic structure and also the religious profile of Assam (as infiltrators are mostly Muslims whereas people of Assam are mainly non-Muslims). Despite 'Assam Accord' government of India neither tried seriously to stop this huge infiltration of Bangladeshis into Assam nor did any thing to send these infiltrators back to Bangladesh. Rather on the contrary huge numbers of Bangladeshis have been included in electoral rolls. Thus theses Bangladeshi infiltrators are casting their votes in elections to Legislative assembly of Assam & Parliament of India with its own grave political implications. This problem can easily be solved (with justice to all) if any political party / NGO from Assam takes up this matter seriously. But obviously there is a lack of dynamic, progressive and competent leadership in Assam. (3)- The continuous grumbling by the people of Assam is also due to three reasons. First that people of Assam also do not understand the true meaning & strength of democracy. They tried & still trying to form autonomous regions like "Bodoland Autonomous Council" etc. Assam does not realize that any special treatment to any section of the society (because this section is perceived to be weaker in socio-cultural sense) further weakens such people. Therefore (especially in view of the on going 'National Rural Employment Guarantee Program') people of Assam should form homogeneous polity and ought to give up any existing or likely to exist special protectionist provision to any section of its population. (4)- The second reason for the continuous grumbling by the people of Assam is that they complaint about people from other parts of India coming to Assam for economical reasons. Assam does not understand that it is a constitutional fundamental right of every citizen of India to go any where in India for this purpose. It is not only Assam but in other States of India also people go for this purpose. But only people of those States, who cannot go in other States for economical reasons, make such complaints. This is not only a reflection of lack of enterprise but also the lack of dynamic, progressive and competent political leadership amongst the people of Assam. (5)- The third source of continuous complaint is the existence of 'The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act' in Assam. No doubt unless this Act is taken out, the people of Assam cannot live in peace. But once above mentioned four factors are taken care of by dynamic, progressive and competent political leadership from Assam, then this leadership will also ensure the removal of this humiliatingly irritant law from Assam. Yours truly. Hem Raj Jain New Delhi – 10075. INDIA. E Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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