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

[uttam borthakur]

Dear Ram Da,
 
My problem is I cannot see anything in isolation. For me the events are all connected; we can see the past; but cannot forecast the future: that sort of: -).
 
Since I have to run this time, I just point out a few things for you to just ponder: -
 
1. I have not yet personally met a confirmed illegal Bangladeshi migrant ascertained to be one till date. Have you? 
 
2. The recent killings near Dr. Dhaniram Baruah's Heart City have been attributed to land grabbing. Some business people from the cowbelt want a huge contiguous plot of land on south bank near Guwahati to build up a township. In Chandrapur area, the Oxomiya henchmen of the cowbelt business houses are intimidating, killing, demolishing fences, etc. etc. in order to devour the land. Local resistance of villagers, who are getting organised in the fear of losing homestead, are somewhat delaying the process. Political bigwigs , Ministersrunning Assam are in cahoots. Policemen are involved. All these are daily news. Recently, I went on a survey. I was aghast to learn that annual periodic pattas are given to the settlers; they are now given the marching orders after giving them some money and a back dated agreement; on the basis of such agreement petty revenue for last fiver years are paid in the name of these political bigwigs, ministers, northerners,
 journalists etc. who have occupied huge chunks of beautiful forest, hill lands with tremendous sight of the mighty Brahmaputra. If you pay 20 times or so of the revenue you get a Myadi Patta. For the poor settlers it is a huge amount; for the carpetbaggers it is pittance. ( My take on this is : all colonial masters need local henchmen / dalals. The rich from the cowbelt will always need their paid goons to carry out their dirty works. But 'root cause' is the money and greed of the masters: the principal aspect of the contradiction:-))
 
3. For various historical reasons, the processs of Assamese Nation formation (in the modern sense; I do not begin with Narakasura:-)) has not been very sturdy and this inherent weakness has led to knee-jerk reactions weakening the process rather than bolstering it. There is no point in merely condemning the armed activity by a small section of the Assamese. Being irrational, these activities would surely give you the opportunity to sneer at them. But that will rather stoke the fire than to douse it: do not you suggest we adhere to 'non-violence'? You got to feel the fragile Assamese psyche in relation to its foundation in hinterland ( some people say colony within a colony!) economics.( you call it 'victim mentality' which is not very empathic...)
 
That's about it for now. 


Uttam Kumar Borthakur