GUWAHATI: West Bengal Chief Minister strikes a huge controversy in Assam when she called the ongoing process to update NRC a campaign to drive away the Bangla speaking people in the north eastern state.
All political parties, organizations and individuals in the state have slammed Banerjee for her irresponsible comment alleging it a conspiracy to create communal riot in Assam.
The All Assam Students Union has strongly criticized her alleging that her comment might strike communal tension and threatened to move the Supreme Court against her.
Banerjee in her speech on Wednesday at a public meeting in Birbhum said that NRC process is a step against the Bangla speaking people which would inflict torture on them. She said if the Bangla speaking people are tortured in the name of NRC she won't remain quiet.
She further appealed to her party MPs in Delhi to raise her concern in Parliament.
PermalinkSubmitted by nj thakuria on Thu, 04/01/2018 - 19:25
PPFA asks WB chief minister to exercise restrain
Guwahati: Expressing utter dismay on a responsible politician’s communal remarks over the ongoing process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) updaion in the State, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the politicians in power to exercise restrain while making a public statement.
The Assam based forum, while reacting sharply to a recent outburst of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claiming that the NRC updating process in the State was a ‘conspiracy to drive away Bengalis’, also appeals to the conscious people of the neighboring State to prevent their talkative chief minister from making such inflammatory statements.
The much waited updation of NRC of 1951 is undergoing in Assam following the direction (also monitoring) of the Supreme Court and the first draft of it comprising 1.9 crore applicants out of around 3.25 crore total applicants was released on the midnight of 31 December 2017. The second part of it is expected to be published by early this year.
Contrary to the wide spread apprehensions by various government and non-government agencies, no unpleasant incident took place in Assam in the last four days, even though many people including few high profile individuals are yet to find their names in the list. Rather everyone reportedly accepted the error sportingly and waits for necessary correction in the final draft.
“But shockingly the Bengal chief minister Ms Banerjee has tried to communalize the issue with queer logics. The Trinamool Congress chief has simply tried to play a cunning game as few Bengali politicians of yesteryears including Jyoti Basu (ex-CM of Bengal) along with a bunch of intellectuals did the same during the Assam movement to deport illegal Bangladeshi migrants,” said the PPFA.
In a statement, issued to the media outlets, the forum pointed out that the appeasement policies of Ms Banerjee towards a particular community in West Bengal has seemingly compelled her to make such
illogical comments. As she has been vehemently opposing the Centre’s citizenship amendment bill one can easily get the idea of Ms Banerjee’s interested group of people, asserted the forum.
The PPFA has finally urged the Bengal chief minister to think about the nation first than running behind her silly political interest. The forum additionally appeals to the Bengali speaking people of the region to denounce Ms Banerjee’s comment which may spread misinformation and confusions across the country.
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has asked the state election authorities to hold the BTC polls by November 20.
Hearing a PIL, a bench of the court has issued instruction to the authorities to hold it by November 20.
Notably, then polls were scheduled for April 4 following the end of the term of Hagrama Mohilary and his fellows. But it was suspended following the COVID19 endemic.
Despite repeated appeals, the authorities did not take any decision forcing BPF to move the court.
Guwahati: A slogan by a section of AIUDF supporters to receive a delegation of party leaders in Silchar airport creates no less confusion and controversy in the state’s pre poll political landscape.
Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma, his close aide and junior minister Piyush Hazarika alleged that a section of AIUDF workers greeted Badaruddin Ajmal and his party leaders at the airport on Thursday with Pakistan Zindabad slogan.
“Look at the brazenness of these fundamentalists anti-national people who are shouting PAKISTAN ZINDABAD while they welcome MP Badruddin Ajmal. This thoroughly exposes INC India which is encouraging such forces by forging an alliance. We shall fight them tooth &...
Guwahati: Mixed reactions are pouring in from different quarters after the Mumbai police arrested Republic TV editor in chief Arnab Goswami in connection with a 2 year old case.
People, mostly, in social media have supported the arrest saying that the journalists are not above the law.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, senior cabinet Himanta Biswa Sarma have called it an attack on democracy.
State BJP has also vehemently condemned his arrest.
A Black Day for Indian demoracy.
I strongly condemn the assault on senior journalist #ArnabGoswami by Mumbai police. Vendetta politics should be stopped and freedom of press should be maintained in Maharashtra by releasing Mr Goswami...
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is properly responding to treatment.
Noninvasive ventilation system has been removed from him.
According to GMCH principal Gogoi is doing physiotherapy in the hospital and a team of doctors has been monitoring him.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving.
Guwahati: Altogether 42 illegal Bangladeshi intruders were pushed back to their neighbouring country on Monday months after they were detained in the various places.
They were pushed back at Sutarkandi along the Indo-Bangadesh border.
According to information, 20 of these illegal migrants were caught at the Guwahati Railway Station two years back and were sent to detention camps.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable. But still he is in ventilation support.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is responding to treatment.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving gradually.
Guwahati: A piece of paper that has gone viral in social media has touched off a seismic wave of anger and acrimony among the media fraternity.
The unsigned piece of paper has details of cash transactions with some media houses and piece officers to safeguard the illegal coal trade.
Strangely enough, no media houses in question has yet denied the allegations.
These news paper and news channel authorities have maintained studied silence over the allegation of the nefarious deal. Nobody is prepared to deny or look into the allegations.
Same it happens in the case of the senior police officers.
Jorhat: Congress is gearing up for the 2021 assembly polls. The poll mood in the party gathers steam with the week long visit of AICC state in charge Jitendra Singh.
On day maiden visit to the state in this capacity, Singh held a brain storming meeting of the party's tea community leaders in Dibrugarh.
The party is trying it's best to consolidate the tea community votes. This was what Singh said as he met the tea community leaders from 40 assembly seats on Sunday.
Singh said that if Congress comes to power the tea workers would get Rs 350 as daily wage.
He is attending another party meeting in Jorhat on Monday. During his week long visit Singh...
Guwahati: In a tragic incident that sends no less shock waves across the state, five of a family in Kokrajhar committed suicide on Sunday.
The incident took place at Tulsibel in Gossaigaon where local resident Nirmal Paul along with his wife and three daughters were found hanging inside a room.
According to a section of local residents, Paul was caught in debt trap. He has been facing tough time to run his family and borrowed a huge amount of money which they could not repay in time.
Guwahati: Schools and colleges across the state are resuming classes on Monday 8 months after the nation wide lockdown to avert a worsening endemic.
The classes are resuming in two shifts in all schools, colleges and varsities and each of the of the shifts comprise 50 per cent students and teachers.
Barring pre primary to Class VI, the classes have started at 8.30 in the morning to end at 12.30 and the second shift will start at 12.30 to end at 3.30 in the afternoon.
Teachers and staff have undergoing COVID19 test and have been asked to ensure that no crowd takes place.
The guidelines are also applicable for the private schools.
Comments
Mamata Banerjee is unmarried.
PPFA asks WB chief minister
Pages
Add new comment