i chanced upon an article in globalpolitician.com apparently written by a Bangladeshi weblink is- http://www.globalpolitician.com/2845-bangladesh-india the article is wholly a propaganda trying to prove the Bangladeshi immigrants as Natives of Assam. interestingly, i have noticed the same sentiments among the immigrant bangladeshis (both legal and illegal) i have met. **"Muslims were about 40% when Assam was merged with India in 1947. Their sizeable presence was in existence even before the advent of the British. Muslims were never infiltrators in Assam."**
- this is a popular argument put always by their side (bangladeshis, infiltrated bangladeshis and friends of illegal bangladeshis) which they use effectively with people unaware of pre-independence Assam. (somebody should enquire and make it public - How much was the % if we dont consider Sylhate and Mymensing). **"The Muslims of today in Assam are not immigrant or outsiders, rather most of them are the sons of the soil. After fall of Gurgobinda in the 14th century, many Ahom people adjoining Sylhet converted to Islam."** - cleverly trying to pull our Assamese Muslims to their side!! **"The descendants of these Muslims now form 30% of the total population of Assam. These descendants of those Bengali speaking Muslims forgot their language and culture, but not their religion. This new generation Muslims of Assam feel pride to identify themselves Ahoms, treat Assam as their motherland, use Ahomiya language in their daily life, send their children to schools where Ahomiya is the medium of instruction. Other than their religious activities they are hundred per cent Ahoms."** - we are fooled by them for decades with that claim. somebody should make documentary or TV report in this subject what is the actual situation in Hojai, Nilbagan and Interior Chhar areas of Dhuburi and Barpeta. **" Moreover, India erected barbed wire fence along every possible point of 272km-long Assam-Bangladesh border. Heavy security forces have been deployed in those hilly areas where India could not yet erect the fence. Observation towers and posts are seen after every 500 yards. Not even a rat, not to speak of a human being, can enter Assam hoodwinking BSF and other Indian paramilitary forces."** **"The Bangladeshis cannot leave for Assam leaving their country. The minimum daily net income of a rickshaw driver in Dhaka City is not less than $3. A labourer of any rural area earns at least $2, while his 4-member family can live easily spending one dollar. Rather Anand will see one Indian out of every 10-rickshaw drivers in the street of Dhaka." ** **"Let us be good neighours and follow the art of live and let live. Let the Muslims of Assam and India live in peace and contribute to the development where they live in."** - if only the wish was in true sense........ LET US COUNTER SUCH PROPAGANDAS IN THE WEB AS WELL AS ON PRINTING MEDIA AND TELEVISION. -Kuladip
