[Assam] ULFA no longer a force to be reckoned with, IB tells Centre - Sentinel

[Ram Sarangapani]

Uttam,

>First off, you did not say anything on the list of twentieth century armed
rebellion, armed revolts of which I sent a list. The most recent being >the
Nepali one. So much for obsolesecence.

That was certainly a good one, and I certainly deserve that. The thing is, I
do want to respond, then get caught up in other things, chores, and by then
any response I intend, does become obsolete. :-)

>You went tangentially on that. He was saying something literally. Land
grabbing.

Ah! Yes, I do go off on tangents. But this is what you wrote:

>He asked me whether it was visible to me that north Indian business
communities are beginning to squeeze the Assamese with
>sheer money power and political clouts from the heart of Guwahati City.....
when ULFA was strong they were no where to be seen... and he >confided that
we are yet to see the >last of the ULFA or its variants  even if the present
ULFA leadership capitulates

How am I supposed to take the above, other than whats written -and, I
certainly couldn't read  'land-grabbing' between the lines.  And I took
'North Indians' to mean Marwaris - not the same, I guess.

Land grabbing, eh? Well, I really didn't know those Northies were into
grabbing prime real estate in Assam? Between the B'deshis and these
Northies, there won't be any land left in Assam.

>Your thesis about Assamese in reins of power is a facade. If yes, then why
the sense of alienation?

Hmmm!. My sense (could be wrong here) is that the feeling of alienation did
have a 'root cause'. The Center (Dilli) at one time really did not pay
attention to Assam or the NE. Many in other parts of India knew little of
the NE, and then there are these attacks on girls from the NE (specially in
Delhi). All these have contributed in some way for such feelings in the
past.

Today, the game is a bit different. The Center pays a lot of attention and
pumps in a  whole lot of money. For many local politicians, and others the
'blame dilli' is a great tool. All time high corruption. And then, all you
you need is a gullible sections of voters who will believe that the sole
cause of their lot must be elsewhere, and certainly NOT within their
control..

>Assam is apparently run by Tarun Gogoi; but this government is aiding and
abetting land grabbing by moneyed people, ( most are North >Indians) from
the Assamese in Urban areas and on the highways. First, they offer you a
price and then comes intimidation and sometimes >killings. So, if Assam is
being ruled by Assamese, then how is it happening? The only conclusion would
be: The persons that rule speak >Assamese; but they are emasculated by the
money-power that is placing them into that position.

Uttam, not being that articulate, I am having trouble grasping things here.
You keep laying the land grabbing charge here. But can these Northies just
take away the land (from Kharkhowas)? And what kind of intimidation do these
'out-of-place' Northies apply in the heart of Guwahati?

>So, if Assam is being ruled by Assamese, then how is it happening? The only
conclusion would be: The persons that rule speak >Assamese; >but they are
emasculated by the money-power that is placing them into that position.

And whose fault is that?  This, I'm sorry is a typical 'victim syndrome' -
that EVEN when you say that some Assamese are corrupt, but it happens to be
the fault of some people coming into Assam from the outside. Its a stretch,
Uttam, its a stretch!

>Moreover, whether the doctor saw the Bangladeshis coming is not known to
me; but I see no reason why he would not. Unlike me, he was very >active in
AASU. So, there is no point in diverting the issue.

There is no diversion here. When you claim (or your friend) that there is
large scale land grabbing by people of North India while the poor Assamese
just sit by watching all this happen, one has to wonder if there is the same
sort of outrage when hordes of illegal B'deshis are coming in everyday, and
grabbing land all over Assam.

I will have the respond to your other post. But more later :-)

--Ram da

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM, uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in
> wrote:

> Ram Da,
>
> First off, you did not say anything on the list of twentieth century armed
> rebellion, armed revolts of which I sent a list. The most recent being the
> Nepali one. So much for obsolesecence.
>
> Second, I said: "He asked me whether it was visible to me that north Indian
> business
> communities are beginning to squeeze the Assamese with sheer money power
> and political clouts from the heart of Guwahati City.....when ULFA was
> strong they were no where to be seen."
>
> You went tangentially on that. He was saying something literally. Land
> grabbing. Your thesis about Assamese in reins of power is a facade. If yes,
> then why the sense of alienation? Assam is apparently run by Tarun Gogoi;
> but this government is aiding and abetting land grabbing by moneyed people,
> ( most are North Indians) from the Assamese in Urban areas and on the
> highways. First, they offer you a price and then comes intimidation and
> sometimes killings. So, if Assam is being ruled by Assamese, then how is it
> happening? The only conclusion would be: The persons that rule speak
> Assamese; but they are emasculated by the money-power that is placing them
> into that position.
>
> Moreover, whether the doctor saw the Bangladeshis coming is not known to
> me; but I see no reason why he would not. Unlike me, he was very active in
> AASU. So, there is no point in diverting the issue.
>
> More later, as you usually say so:-)
>
>
>
> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>
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