[Assam] Tarun Gogoi himself exposed his lack of guts to take action against the infiltrators.

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Tarun Gogoi himself exposed his lack of guts to take action against the infiltrators.

AASU lashes out at Gogoi  for ‘weak stand’
By A Staff  Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Aug 2 – Reiterating its demand for handing over suspected  Bangladeshi nationals expelled by neighbouring States to police custody, the All  Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today said that the weak stand of the Chief  Minister on the issue could jeopardize the future of the indigenous people of  the State. “The Chief Minister, who has shown an undue haste in giving a clean  chit to the suspected Bangladeshis, has exposed his lack of guts to take action  against the infiltrators. The assertion of their identity is best left to the  law and certainly not to the political prejudice of the Chief Minister,” AASU  president Sankar Prasad Ray and general secretary Tapan Gogoi said.

The  AASU leaders said that the Chief Minister was unwilling to resort to the option  of keeping the suspected Bangladeshis in temporary prisons and to ascertain  their identity as per law for the fear of losing his vote bank. 

“Even  the Union Home Ministry was open to the idea of keeping the suspected  infiltrators in temporary jails. This is a great fall on the part of the Chief  Minister, who has taken a retrograde step on a matter concerning the very  existence of the indigenous people,” they added. 

The AASU said that the  recent developments confirmed that the political influence of Bangladeshis who  had been a traditional vote bank of the Congress was on the rise. “The people of  Assam have not yet forgotten the volte face made by former Chief Minister, the  late Hiteswar Sakia, who, after proclaiming the existence of 30 lakh  Bangladeshis in the State, denied it within 24 hours. “It is evident that the  dependence of the Congress on Bangladeshi votes is as great as ever,” it  said.

The AASU urged the Chief Minister to start a drive in the form of  appeals in various forms of media asking the post-March 25, 1971 Bangladeshis to  leave Assam on their own. “If the Chief Minister can show this much courage, a  beginning can be made in the detection and deportation process of illegal  Bangladeshis. Otherwise, as situation may come when the indigenous people will  take upon themselves the matter of expelling infiltrators, and the Government  will be responsible for such a situation,” it added.

       
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