Who is behind assam violence

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Meanwhile, after the first round of evictions, two days later on September 22, the villagers were served another round of notices late in the night. The locals were incensed, Hussain said. Ainuddin said he and his brothers were already dismantling their tin house when the administration arrived even as the residents had started gathering for a protest meeting. It is then, according to locals, that the situation took a more volatile turn.

While the police and government claim that they were hugely outnumbered by the mob armed with sticks and machetes who attacked them, the locals said it was the police who opened fire.

Mainal, he said was first to be hit in the leg. Ainuddin narrated how some children were caught in the melee. But BJP leaders insist that there was a conspiracy even as they claim that locals had agreed to a settlement. In discussions between the government and the local people they had agreed that they will be provided with two acres 0. Chief Minister Sarma has reiterated his promise of handing out land to landless people who have been evicted.

Land is a sensitive and complex subject in Assam. Groups who represent natives claim they are being demographically overwhelmed by the Bengali-origin people. So the eviction drives have a sanction from local pressure groups. They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress. Congress slams Kangana's was 'bheek' remark as 'treason', demands Padma Shri be taken back.

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Book row: Khurshid stands by his views on Hindutva. Home Nation. Assam violence: Muslim organisations meet CM; two local leaders held Clashes borke out between police and alleged encroachers, resulting in the death of two persons and injuries to 20, during an eviction drive last week in Gorukhuti village. By PTI. Now we are on Telegram too. India's north-eastern state of Assam is a veritable tinder-box. So why does it periodically erupt into violence and blood-letting?

The latest bout has left about 40 dead and displaced tens of thousands. The state remains tense as the army has been issued with "shoot on sight" orders.

At the heart of Assam's troubles is a debate over so-called "infiltration" by outsiders, which has led to ethnic tension between the state's indigenous population and Bengali migrants. Changing demography, loss of land and livelihood and intensified competition for political power has added a deadly potency to the issue of who has a right to Assam. The migrants say they are mostly descended from East Bengali Muslims brought to Assam by the British to boost agricultural output by taming the "Chars" river islands - and that they are as Indian as the ethnic Assamese or the tribespeople in the state.

But the others do not accept that argument and groups representing them say more and more poor peasants from Bangladesh are flooding Assam, taking advantage of a porous riverine border. The worst violence prompted by such tensions erupted during a controversial election in February - nearly 3, people were left dead in that episode.

The indigenous Assamese were joined by many local tribal groups in opposing the state assembly elections because they alleged that the electoral rolls were full of "infiltrators" - the expression locally used to describe illegal migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.

Who are the key players who represent Bengali speaking Muslims and Bodos in the conflict zone? He runs a multi-billion perfume business stretching from India to the Gulf and Europe. He represents Dhubri in the Lok Sabha. Assam has 14 LS seats. The other Muslim MP belongs to Congress. Ajmal recently came under fire after he called for the the disbandment of the BTC in the wake of riots.

What are routes that infiltrators from Bangladesh follow to enter Assam? What is the status of the Assam Accord signed between the Centre and Assam leaders in vis-a-vis the infiltration problem?

Three of the main clause of the agreement were detection and deportation of illegal migrants, update of the National Register of Citizens and erection of a border fence between India and Bangladesh. ET NOW. Brand Solutions. Video series featuring innovators. ET Financial Inclusion Summit.