No shelter to B'deshis the motto >From our ReporterDIBRUGARH, May 13: It has always been a matter of grave >concern forthe Assamese — the fact that their motherland has been infested >byillegal Bangladeshi migrants. With the gradual change in thedemographic set >up, it has almost become the raison d'être for thepeople of Assam to ensure >that this parasitic ogre is not left tospread its tentacles. Unfortunately, >for reasons obvious, theseillegal migrants have been cajoled and pacified, >given shelter andsafeguard by a lot who care two hoots either for Assam or for >itspeople. But fortunately, things seem to be taking a turn for thebetter with >people from districts like Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Golaghat— not expecting >anything from an uncaring government — have decided todo the needful for the >cause : Not to shelter the Bangladeshis, nor togive them any work and nor even >to take any kind of labour from them. The Sentinel, in its messages to the indigenous people of the Stateover the years, has been harping about the ill-effects of harbouringthe illegal migrants in the State. Time and again, in its editorialsand other write-ups, it has been said that mere nagging of thegovernment, shouting of slogans or even intellectual harangues willnot solve the hydra-headed problem. A forceful and vehement attitudeof self-help, economic consciousness and most of all love for the landwill help the Assamese to do the deed. It is encouraging that the people of upper Assam have eventually wokenup from their reverie and are now of the opinion that they will notlet the illegal migrants have it as easy in breaking bread as it usedto be. This has been evident from the fact that the Bangladeshinationals, settled in Dibrugarh, are leaving the district in batchesnow after the realization that they will not be able find jobs to makethe two ends meet. It may be mentioned that areas like Loharpatti,Graham Bazar, Shantipara, Paltanbazar etc. housed colonies of illegalBanladeshi migrants. Most of these areas wear a deserted look today. Meanwhile, Anwar Hussain, MP from Dhubri, today informed theParliament that at least 15,000 people were evicted by a section ofyouths in Dibrugarh. Drawing attention of the House to a news reportpublished in The Times of India under the heading 'Youths 'evict'illegal migrants from Assam, Hussain questioned that how could ayouths have judicial and legal authority to identify anybody'scitizenship and how did it take up the authority to evict so manypeople. When this reporter contacted a few people who were leaving town, theysaid that they belonged to places like Dhubri, Nagaon, Goalpara andBarpeta etc. and that they had the necessary identity papers. But itis also common knowledge that such 'identity papers' can be procuredeasily from certain sources by shelling out a meagre amount. A sourceclose to these people disclosed that they were leaving for certainplaces in lower Assam which are, by all means, a heaven for illegalmigrants. When the Additional AP (Border), P Kar was contacted, he said that hehad received reports about people leaving the town and would look intothe matter. Kar denied any hand of the police in the incidents. Healso said that he had not received any reports of youths threateningthese people to leave the place. Neither did the Deputy Commissionerof the district, Harenra Nath Bora, had any inkling about it. _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
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