Bandh defied in city
By A City Correspondent
GUWAHATI, Feb 19 Todays 12-hour Assam bandh called
by the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA) demanding unconditional release of PCG member
Lachit Bordoloi paralysed normal life but evoked
strong reaction from a section of citizens who came
out in protest against the banned outfit. Already
vexed by the bandh culture, which has become a bane in
the social life of the State, citizens in the capital
city took part in a rally to register their
disapproval of the bandh given by an organisation,
which claims to have no faith in the Indian
constitution and democracy.
Citizens who were a part of the rally voiced their
displeasure at the banned outfit calling the bandh at
a time when different exams were going on. At a time
when the young generation is dreaming of their career
and busy with exams, the bandh called by the ULFA
merely shows its selfishness, said a participant.
Another participant said that under the prevailing
condition of bloodbath and mayhem in the State, it was
the common people who were the worst sufferers and
their miseries were compounded by the bandhs called by
various organisations including insurgent outfits for
fulfilling their own self-interest. Those who call
the bandhs should remember that many have to go with a
hungry stomach on such a day, he said.
The bandh protesters took to the street after the
opening speech of veteran journalist Dhirendranath
Chakravorty. Chakravorty while condemning the bandh,
appealed to the people of the State to defy all such
bandhs, which were crippling the State economy and
stood as an obstacle to development.
It may be mentioned here that members of Assam Public
Works (APW), the non-governmental organization opposed
to the ULFA, also took part in the rally.
The APW while lambasting the ULFA said that the outfit
has so far never gave a thought to the welfare of the
common people and its selfishness was once more proved
by the bandh. So many people of the State have been
victims of State terror, but the ULFA never raised a
voice against it. But now Bordoloi has been arrested
and the outfit has called a bandh, said functionaries
of the APW adding that the people of the State have
come to know the real face of the ULFA through the
bandh.
The APW has called upon the people of the State to
oppose bandhs called by any organisation.
The Assam Tribune, February 20.02.08
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