[Assam] Who is the Sentinel of Freedom?

[Chan Mahanta]

>The drive needs to be against the officials in the border districts 
>who according to you issue fake >papers.


*** It is not about what Xourov thinks. But about the realities of 
Assam and Indian governance. Do you have any opinion on that? Do you 
for example believe that fake papers are or can be issued? Do you 
believe widespread talk that the BSF personnel routinely let people 
in from B'desh for a small fee?

Now then, unless you do not believe that corrupt practices of 
government personnel have been instrumental to proliferation of 
illegal  B'deshi migration, you also need to reconcile it with your 
faith in the governments of deshi-demokrasy led by those who were 
elected by the savvy voters. And if these savvy voters who routinely 
throw out the non-performing ones and elect a new slate ( or more 
precisely
play Round Robin-- or revolving door- by letting the same 
non-performers back into power again and again), never make an ISSUE 
of the problem, is it therefore:

	A: Figment of bigoted imaginations concocted by the 
caste-Oxomiyas and further inflamed
	by the BJP, VHP and others like them?

	B: Another exemplary  problem of Indian governance: One in 
which it is more important to
	hold on to political power -- thru vote banking -- than to 
resolve societal issues, namely
	corruption, mismanagement and unresponsiveness ?

	C: That voting/election has nothing to do with issues? That 
it is a yet another desi-ritual
	to sanctify what is an obvious national scandal?

	D: Some or all of the above or something else?


*** If you agree that there ought to be investigations, and the 
guilty brought to book, what has held successive governments, elected 
by savvy voters,  back from undertaking any such thing?

*** And if you think it should be undertaken, but the savvy voters 
have failed to get any action; what would your recommendation be for 
those whose angst filled wails resound thru the sentinels of freedom
and watchdogs of democracy's pages  in Assam?

Can't wait to see which way the wagging finger points :-).









At 6:28 AM -0700 7/26/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>The answer is in your own email - border districts and a full blown 
>investigation. The drive needs to be against the officials in the 
>border districts who according to you issue fake papers.
>As for a long term solution to the problem of illegal Bangladeshi 
>mass migration, there is none. Some reprieve could be gained if the 
>political parties stop taking advantage of it and the locals stop 
>providing means of livelihood to the immigrants.
>Tell me why Assam did not see mass migration till the 1930's and 
>that may explain many things.
>Dilipda
>
>xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>--- Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>
>>  " He asked what you will do about these people who
>>  will produce the papers and will be let go by the
>>  police." --
>>  If you are talking about those who have valid
>>  papers (I assume that's what you mean by "who will
>>  produce papers") to prove they have the right to
>>  remain in India, the police has to release them and
>>  let them resettle wherever they want to.
>
>the principles are clear enough. but what would you
>do if the "valid" papers were obtained via bribes in
>border districts? you know how pervasive bribes are.
>would you press for a full blown investigation? which
>would be very costly involving many man-hours? or
>would you just let matters be, and let the police
>release those under detention?
>
>x
>
>
>
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