Who can save the indigenous people in Assam

Who can save the indigenous people in Assam? Can the government of Assam, ever hear the cry of the indigenous people? Legislation is the need of the hour to protect the indigenous people in their own land, before it is too late.


MORE THAN two-lakh people in relief camps, more than 1000 houses burnt to ashes, more than 60 lives lost. All this is no wonder, but the smoke and flame is on and people are now roofless even in their own land. Who is responsible for such a grim tragedy?

Every passing year, the landscape is changing in the hands of the illegal Bangladeshi settlers in Assam. In small groups, they are pouring into the land of the local people. Is the state government so caring towards the unwanted guests?

No wonder, reality is yet to stare us in the face. We are all there to experience it. The illegal settlers will become the real king makers in the next couple of years, in Assam. Even then, successive governments with their vote bank politics failed to accept the reality. But the people of Assam continue to suffer.

By turning a blind-eye to the situation, the government is adding to the agony of peace-loving indigenous people, whose very survivable is under threat today.

To live with Bangladeshis is a curse.

The ongoing clash in Udalguri and Darrrang districts is a clear indication of the ground reality that the immigrants from Bangladesh will continue to ignite fuel to the local people in order to occupy their land.

The clash in Udalguri and Darrang district is not between Bodos and illegal Muslim settlers. Its between the indigenous tribes and illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Though, the Bodos are the main sufferer in the communal flare-ups, other communities like Rabbhas, Garos, Addibasis, Nepali, Assamese are equally being threatened in their own motherland. But the governments denied to acknowledge the truth.

Today, indeginious people are on the verge of extinction due to increased pressure from the illegal immigrants. In eight of the twenty-seven districts in Assam, indigenous people have already become minority.

The hour has come to give safety and security to the people of Assam against illegal immigrants. By imposing indefinite curfew in the region will not solve the problem. Unless and until the massive migration of Bangladeshis in Assam is stopped for ever, the indigenous people in Assam will continue to be the victim of Bangladeshi immigrants. For this, a specific law is needed to prevent any further escalation of the grim problem.

The state government cannot turn a blind eye to the indigenous people. To provide safety and security to the people is the responsibility of the state government. CM Tarun Gogoi is making a mockery of the people of Assam by calling the illegal immigrants as citizens of India.