[Assam] ULFA : Demand for full autonomy of Assam

[kamal deka]

These are the folks,who now style themselves as pro-talk fraction of the
ULFA,rolled over to Bangladesh to launch attack against their own people
and  mowed down a vast number innocent civilians,including women and
children,by short-circuiting their killing machine.And these are the very
people,who snuffed so many innocent Biharis ( read Indian citizen) out of
their lives for no fault of theirs,are now blabbering about the presence of
Bangladeshis in Assam.These are the very folks, who set the state ablaze by
involving in destructive activities,are trying to act as fire-fighters.The
people,true to their type, must be living in a land inhabited only by
hypocrites.The old Bangla adage " Bhooter mukhe Ram nam" ( Devil quoting
scriptures) can aptly be applied to this tribe.What prevents them from
asking those Assamese leaders,who choose to remain steadfast in their
opinion that there are no Bangladeshis in Assam?
A course of fundamental  deductive logic must be taught to those who believe
that there will be a complete change in the behaviour of the Assamese people
only when Assam gains full autonomy.Shouldn't we set our house in order
first before striving to attain ideal goals?
KJD

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:

> >Would it not be a total Alice-in -Wonderland to expect the people of Assam
> >to behave responsibly all of a sudden only after full autonomy is
> achieved?
> >Can you boast of a single city in Assam which is clean and filled with
> >amenities which is purely a state subject in which Delhi can't and does
> not
> >poke its nose?
> >Wouldn't it be foolishness to expect someone to run before being able to
> >walk?
>
> I couldn't agree more. In the past, I have always expressed (in these
> columns) that state autonomy would be a good thing for Indian states. But,
> alongwith such new found liberties also come new found responsibilities.
>
> Such calls for full autonomy merely amount to yet another round of
> 'feel-good' stuff.
>
> --Ram
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM, kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  One of the oft-repeated urban myths that sometimes pops-up in
> conversation
> > even among many educated, well meaning Assamese is that India as a nation
> > is
> > a British creation. The argument goes roughly as follows – India is an
> > artificial entity.  It was only the British that created the idea of
> India
> > as a single nation and unified it into a political state.  Note that the
> > concept of nationhood is based on the idea shared by a set of people that
> > they constitute a nation. This idea or feeling may be based on common
> ties
> > of a people based on their culture, common descent, language, religion or
> > other such attributes. The state constitutes a group of people inhabiting
> a
> > specific territory and living according to a common legal and political
> > authority. The modern nation-state, as it exists today, *is a new
> > development for the entire world*, and not just for India. Medieval
> Europe,
> > for instance, was divided politically into many small principalities, the
> > boundaries and sovereignties of which changed frequently.
> >
> >  Similarly, Africa and South America mostly constitute of state
> boundaries
> > carved up by colonial rule.  In short, if we take the legitimacy of
> current
> > nation-states on the basis of centuries of common continuous political
> rule
> > over the same geographical boundary and inhabited by the same people,
> then
> > practically no country on the planet meets this criteria. Simply put,
> > shifting nature of political kingdoms and their boundaries over the
> > centuries legitimize virtually no country in its present form.
> >
> > Turning my attention towards autonomy demand,let me raise the following
> > questions.
> > Would it not be a total Alice-in -Wonderland to expect the people of
> Assam
> > to behave responsibly all of a sudden only after full autonomy is
> achieved?
> > Can you boast of a single city in Assam which is clean and filled with
> > amenities which is purely a state subject in which Delhi can't and does
> not
> > poke its nose?
> > Wouldn't it be foolishness to expect someone to run before being able to
> > walk?
> > KJ Deka
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:16 AM, ULFA Pro-talk <ulfa.protalk at gmail.c
> >
> > > Dear Sir,
> > >
> > > Historically and socially, Assam have no affinity with India and
> > > nationalism in the north-east had a different context altogether. The
> > > Assamese very strongly resented the British occupation of the Ahom
> > > territory. Between 1828 to 1857 Assamese led by the erstwhile prince's
> > > revolted thrice. The Assamese having lost all their earlier battles and
> > the
> > > prayer and petitions having failed, decided to join Indian National
> > > Congress(INC). The congress never considered northeast within the
> > national
> > > scene. The Assamese joined the INC volunteerly and the INC entered the
> > > plains of Assam only on invitation. The hills remain unconnected and
> > > unaffected by the slogan.
> > >
> > > Indian independence infact did not mean freedom and liberty for the
> > > Assamese people. It was mere transfer of power without a break with the
> > > imperial past. The Indian stepped into the shoes of alien whether in
> the
> > > administration, industry, trade or commerce. Despite being the largest
> > > producer of Tea, Oil Assam remains one of the poorest and industrially
> > > backward regions. The colonial mode of exploitation still very much
> > prevails
> > > in Assam making it into a colonial hinterland. In the last 61 years of
> > > Indian independence, the problem of illegal immigrants has been
> > deliberately
> > > neglected and encouraging infiltration of foreign nationals by indian
> > > political leaders irrespective of any political party for their vested
> > > interests. In the next 20 years, the Assamese community will be reduced
> > to a
> > > minority and the foreign nationals will become socially and politically
> > > dominant. Therefore, we strongly beleive that a full regional autonomy
> > with
> > > regional federalism will ensure the protection of socio-economic and
> > > political rights of self-determination of the indigenous and ethnic
> > people.
> > > For your information, in response to our menifesto and with confidence
> > and
> > > co-operation of indigenous and ethnic people we are in the process
> > > of forming a broad based common platform in order to achieve long-term
> > > solutions to the various issues along with the serious issue of foreign
> > > nationals.
> > >
> > > Finally, we would once again request you to kindly go through our
> > menifesto
> > > carefully.
> > >
> > > Thanking you,
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jiten Dutta
> > > General Secretary
> > > ULFA ( Protalk )
> > >
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