DEMONSTRATION BY RASTRIYA SURAKHYA MANCHA, ODISHA AGAINST ASSAM VIOLENCE DUE TO BANGLADESHI MUSLIM INFILTRATION

DEMONSTRATION BY RASTRIYA SURAKHYA MANCHA, ODISHA AGAINST ASSAM VIOLENCE DUE TO BANGLADESHI MUSLIM INFILTRATION

Bhubaneswar(VSK ODISHA)The tragic circumstance under which Assam is passing through is a matter of grave concern for all countrymen. The Rastriya Surakhya Mancha expresses its deep anguish over the pain, sufferings and losses faced by the people of Assam in the recent outburst of violence in Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) and Dhubri. The fact that a large number of people have been killed, many are injured and lakhs have been rendered homeless due to loot and arson shows that the situation is alarming. It is an irony that people have to live in refugee camps in their own country because of hostilities from foreigners.

This is painful to know that a large number of students and young employees of NE states in several parts of our country are returning to Assam and other North-eastern states in an atmosphere of fear and threat.

The present situation in Assam that erupted on 20th July is not an isolated or sudden one, but it is another episode in the series of such violent incidents took place earlier. There have been conflicts leading to wide spread violence in the past due to a large presence of illegal Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators.. The ever increasing number of Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators has not only disturbed peace and amity in the region but created socio-economic and political problems also. The people of Assam and other NE states are well aware of this as they are experiencing it. Time and again, various organisations have raised the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration and demanded from the Govts-both state and union-to put a halt to this vexed problem. But unfortunately, these demands have met with no tangible solution,although the frequent outburst of violence is hapenning due to this conflict between the Indian citizens of Assam /NE and the illegal infiltrators.

The recent violent incidents in Mumbai point to the fact that the situation has taken alarming proportion and different dimension. The Mumbai incident and also the attack on students at Pune deserve to be condemned by all. Such violent eruptions have been witnessed at Ranchi also. Considering these developments, there appears to be a larger conspiracy to create tension and spread violence in other parts of the nation. It is for all to see that the situation is kept under control.

There is a complaint by visitors that many people in the relief camps where Muslims are taking shelter, are not coming from the villages which have faced violence. We demand the Govt. authorities to enquire into this and take necessary steps as per the situation.

Voluntary organizations including RSS have rushed to the relief work soon after the violence erupted. They are working in more than 60 camps, providing food provisions, cooked food, medicine, cloths, utensils and other needs.

They have met NE students and others at Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kerala, Hyderabad, Delhi etc. and offered all help for their safety and security and also same to those youth who are travelling by trains to Assam.

The current problem is the result of the tension between the local communities who are genuine citizens of the nation and the Bangladeshi Muslims who are illegal migrants. We demand from the Govt to implement all effective steps immediately to curb the infiltration from Bangladesh and to detect them here, delete their names (from electoral lists), and to deport back in order to put a permanent halt to this problem. Also, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be prepared without further delay and non-citizens should be treated accordingly.

We appeal to the general public of NE and also throughout the country to maintain total peace and amity by all efforts. It is extremely necessary to keep vigil that nobody misuses the situation and no tension or provocation is created in any part of the country.

We also assure all help, safety and security to our brethren of Assam & other NE States living or studying in Odisha and other parts of the country. We appeal to them not to get panic,as the people of Assam and NE are not alone but the entire country is with them at this hour of distress

This demonstration is held at lower PMG,Bhubaneswar under the leadership of Sri Mahesh Mishra,Co-ordinator,Rastriya Surakhya Mancha.Orissa.sri Harihar Kahnar,Raghunath Pati,Umakanta Pattanaik,Laxmi kanta Das, Bijaya Laxmi Mohapatra,santha Krushna Das Maharaj,Rabi Pattanaik,Priyabrata KaliKinkar Ojha,Samir Mohanty, Muktikanta Satpathy, Basanta Panda and Sudipta Ray also speak on this occassion.