[Assam] AGP and Illegal Bangladeshis

[Ram Sarangapani]

>Local regional caste Hindu Assamese party bending over >backward to sell
Assam to India.

How do we come to that conclusion? Could it just be a simple matter of AGP
trying to win elections by appeasing illegal B'deshi (who may actually have
voting powers).

I am not understanding how Assam is being sold to India because AGP is
appealing to illegals. Is Delhi telling them to do it - but then Delhi is
controlled by UPA. They would rather support Gogoi than AGP.


On 3/3/06, Barua25 <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  You asked me examples; This is political
> Case # 1:
> Local regional caste Hindu Assamese party bending over backward to sell
> Assam to India.
> RB
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> *To:* ASSAMNET <assam at assamnet.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 03, 2006 4:51 PM
> *Subject:* [Assam] AGP and Illegal Bangladeshis
>
>
>  There must be something wrong here. The AGP is now advocating for the
> welfare of Hindu Bangladeshi illegals (refugees).
>
> Here is a peice from the Sentinel
>
> *A month ahead of polls, AGP does U-turn
> AGP linguistic minority cell wants land for B'deshi Hindu immigrants *
> GUWAHATI, Mar 3 (IANS): Assam's main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)
> has made a dramatic turnaround ahead of assembly elections next month by
> taking a pro-Hindu stand on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
> The AGP's linguistic minority cell in a statement said all Bangladeshi
> Hindus who had infiltrated into the region be treated as 'refugees' and they
> be rehabilitated properly by being granted land deeds by the government.
> "The condition of the Hindu Bangladeshi refugees settled in Assam is
> deplorable and the government should take steps to rehabilitate them
> properly and give them land pattas (deeds)," the statement said.
> The AGP, formed in 1985, has all along been maintaining that any
> Bangladeshi infiltrator who had entered the State after March 25, 1971, be
> treated as a foreigner and be deported.
> This is the first time the party has taken a radical stand by advocating
> refugee status for illegal Bangladeshi Hindu infiltrators. The shift in
> stand assumes significance, as most of the present AGP leaders were
> signatories to the historic Assam Accord signed in 1985 that made no
> religious distinction between Bangladeshi migrants.
> The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the only party that has for long been
> advocating refugee status for Bangladeshi Hindus who had entered the State
> after the 1971 cut-off date.
> The BJP argues that Bangladeshi Hindus fled their country to enter India
> following alleged persecution from Muslims and hence should be accorded
> refugee status.
> The powerful All Assam Students' Union (AASU) is also opposed to
> discrimination between Bangladeshi Hindus and Muslims. The AGP's radical
> stand had evoked sharp criticism.
> "An infiltrator is an infiltrator and the AGP's decision to categorise
> Bangladeshi infiltrators on religious lines is nothing but a poll gimmick to
> whip up emotions," Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said. "By taking such a stand
> it is now proved that the AGP and the BJP are two sides of the same coin."
> Several senior AGP leaders have been taken aback by the statement and are
> trying to put up a brave face. The Election Commission Wednesday announced
> April 3 and 10 as the dates for Assembly elections in Assam, which is going
> to the polls along with four other States.
>
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