[The North-East is known for its endemic violence. This violence can be classified into broadly two categories. One, violence between the State and various insurgent groups from different ethnic groups. Two, violence between different ethnic groups. In this second category, quite often Bengali-speaking Muslims constitute one side - largely at the receiving end. But not always. Long drawn out road blockages were resorted to on account of conflicts between Naga and Manipuri groups in not too distant past. Even this time, "Adivasis" are targets of violence perpetrated by a faction of Bodo militants. Like the Bengali-speaking Muslims, these "Adivasis" are also looked upon as "outsiders" and enjoy little sympathy, despite being there for generations.]
http://www.tehelka.com/assam-violence-what-led-to-bodoland-blood-bath/?singlepage=1 Assam violence: What led to Bodoland blood bath.... Once again Assam remained witness to mindless violence and killing. In the past 24 hours, no less than 75 people are dead. Was this a mere militant attack to retaliate counter insurgency operation of security forces or is it the beginning of a larger political game where innocents are pawns? Ratnadip Choudhury | @ratnadipc December 24, 2014 Guwahati: The entire nation was once again shocked and left speechless as television channels aired horrific visuals of a carnage that Assam has witnessed for past 24 hours. The blood bath has left 75 dead, 65 of them killed on Tuesday evening when militants from National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Songbhijit faction stormed into huts of Adivasi or the tea tribes who work in the tea gardens of Assam, in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts. The fallout - 65 people were gunned down , nearly 100 injured. Today the Adivasis retaliated as a mob tried to storm in to the Dhekiajuli police station. Police resorted to firing as a result of which 5 Adivasi protesters have been killed. Meanwhile another five people belonging to the Bodo community died in retaliatory killings in Chirang and Kokrajhar distirct . Curfew is in place in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur and additional paramilitary forces are being rushed to the state on an urgent basis. Assam has witnessed such mindless violence for over three decades now. What is even more disturbing is that majority of those who are killed are women and children. So what led to this mayhem? Tehelka tries to analyze - New Delhi is going steadfast with the peace parleys with the Pro-talk faction of NDFB. Thus IK Songbhijit, the chief of the NDFB(S) thought to be in hiding in Sagaing division of Myanmar , wanted to send across a message to Tarun Gogoi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they are strong enough to strike at will. In last one month in entire Bodoland area, the counter insurgency operations against NDFB (S) was stepped up, which resulted in arrest of many NDFB(S) cadres - some of them were also killed in encounters. NDFB had then threatened to avenge the killings of its cadres. Police sources says that the Adivasis who live close to the Bodo villages in Bodoland territorial Autonomous districts (BTAD) had been tipping the security forces of the whereabouts of NDFB(S) cadres. In fact 40 NDFB cadres have been killed in last six months. So by killing Adivasis , the NDFB(S) might have tried to send a strong warning to the community not to side with the security forces. Only two days back, chief minister Tarun Gogoi had warned NDFB (S) of action and also overruled the outfit as a serious threat. Intelligence sleuth believe that the banned rebel groups were determined to prove the chief minister wrong. In fact a close aide of Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has revealed to Tehelka that the state government and the chief minister himself is very worried about retaliatory attacks on Bodo community. The last thing that Gogoi would not want is the militant attack sparking off another round of ethnic clashes in Bodoland. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
