Assam rally for plebiscite

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From Anirban Bhaumik DH News Service Guwahati

The thin separating line between peace activism and supporting the outlawed rebels’ agenda appeared blurred in Assam on Monday***.***

The thin separating line between peace activism and supporting the outlawed rebels’ agenda appeared blurred in Assam on Monday. A public meeting in the heart of Guwahati called for a plebiscite on the contentious issues like sovereignty of Assam and right of self-determination for its people.

The People’s Committee for Peace Initiative in Assam (PCPIA) organised the public meeting to extend support to the peace-process between the Government of India and outlawed militant outfit, ULFA. The thickly attended peace-rally was attended by eminent author Indira Raisom Goswami and other members of the People’s Consultative Group (PCG), which the outlawed ULFA constituted a few months back to facilitate the peace-process.

“The Assamese people have been deprived of the internationally recognised natural right of self-determination. The proposed talks between the Government of India and ULFA should focus on finding a justice-oriented solution without compromising on the issues of dignity and restoration of sovereignty to the people of Assam,” the peace rally resolved.

It also stated that the peace process must include a plebiscite on the issue of sovereignty and right of self-determination, which would give the people of Assam an opportunity to express their opinions in a democratic manner.

The resolutions — and also the speeches of several speakers — almost echoed what ULFA has been stating ever since it came into existence in 1979 and started pursuing an armed struggle to liberate Assam from New Delhi’s “colonial rule.”

“The Centre perhaps does not spend as much money for sending life-saving drugs to Assam, as they do for continuing the military offensives against ULFA in the State,” said Dr Goswami, a teacher in Delhi University and a key member of the PCG. She criticised the Centre and State Government for carrying on counter-insurgency operations against ULFA, even after the militant outfit expressed its willingness to start a peace-process. The PCG blamed the Centre for the “inordinate delay” in announcing the date of second meeting.

“Today’s rally proved wrong the New Delhi’s propaganda that people of Assam are not with ULFA. Had the security forces been withdrawn from the State, three crore people would have rallied behind ULFA,” eminent journalist Adip Phukan told the rally.

The rally adopted a resolution criticising the State’s Governor, Ajai Singh, for questioning talks with militants.

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan312006/national176242006130.asp

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leftst pinko journalists being delusional

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Did Assam vote to join the Indian union in 1947?

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A smal muslim domonated part of asam did secede from India in Asam rest were fine.. once again due to bangaldeshi incursion muslim population has gone up hence the disruption again.. ......... if this trend continued no state in the world will allow muslim populaiton right of exercising their faith.......

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^^ So much hatred for Muslims will not serve any objectives of Delhi Sarkar. It may upset your stomach.

Had it not been for the British Raj/Mughal rulers, the seven sisters would have been leading a happy married life with their Tibeto-Burmese husbands. Apparently the daughters of Ahom Kingdom are not happy about their forcible marriage with Delhi Srakar. A divorce looks imminent.

The earliest ruler of Assam was Mairang. In the medieval times, Mughal rulers sent their armies to capture the Ahom Kingdom. Their success was limited. British Sarkar (East India Comapny) took control of the region and made it part of Bengal Presidency in 1826. At the time of independence, Silhet joined East Pakistan. The rest of the area remained under the control of Delhi Srakar. The war against Delhi was launched by indigenous people and not the immigrants, who had to face fierce resistance from the indigenous people. Do not mislead people by portraying Delhi's war as a war against minority Muslims. You won't get any sympatheis by tapping into hatred for Islam here.

Delhi Sarkar likes to take a moral high ground when it comes to the affairs of the neighbouring countries. It is about time they set an example by holding a plebiscite in the Ahom Kingdom.

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India's gas piplelines are being blown up by freedon fighters in Assam, and it is losing to China in Myanmar. That will make it more and more reliant on gas from Iran, yet America is giving it heavy hints (or rather threats) to toe the line, or else.

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Freedom fighters my foot.
There main anger is against the muslims who have come as refugees and now multiplying like rabbits. Their anger then turns to Biharis who are again in the state for jobs. Their anger then is against indian police or military who give protection to the people.
Its not anyway as widspread or threatening as what u like to believe. Good u keep reading indian news papers. First get ur small country in order before u talk about India and assam in one breadth.:)

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Yeah every tw penny criminal gang becomes fredo fighter these days...bangaladeshi muslm will delat with iron hand they got their country and they betetr be happy with it

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^^ Your school master Moti Lal did not teach you proper English.

Awwwwww, did I hurt you? :frowning: I am so sorry. Here is something for you -----> :chusni:

This is what United Liberation of Assam (ULFA) claims to be:

“The ULFA considers itself a revolutionary political organization engaged in a national liberation struggle against the occupation by India for the establishment of a soverign, independent Assam. It does not consider itself a secessionist organization, as it claims that Assam was never a part of India. It claims that among the various problems that people of Assam are confronting, the problem of national identity is the most basic, and therefore it seeks to represent independent minded struggling peoples irrespective of race, tribe, caste, religion and nationality.” :peshow:

And no, I do not keep reading bharti newspapers…It is your sorry bharati arse who keeps posting on a Pakistani board. :frowning: And again, before you talk about the small size of any other country, remember the small number of Muslims and the size of the country of your imperial masters who roasted your bharti arse for more than a thousand years.

Contact the nearest ULFA office if you have any more questions about Assam, and make sure their representative is not a Muslim. Disenfranchise Muslims there. The ULFA office will give you a :chusni: to calm your nerves. Take one for Delhi Sarkar as well.

Then hopefully Delhi Sarkar will hold a plebiscite to determine the will of the indigenous people. Happy? :slight_smile:

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^ nice pussy :)
There is a difference betweeen what they claim and what they do. U can find enough articles in the net as to what they do to muslim people coming from bangladesh and local biharies being there for a living.
AGP(assom gana parishad) which is a political party and idiologicaly similar to the ULFa was routed in the last assembly election. Besides this AGP was in coalition with the Hindu nationalist (BJP)

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ULFA claims that Assam was never part of India. Does that mean that this state was forceably made part of India, and it's people did not vote to join the Indian union in 1947?