GUWAHATI, Aug 27: The issues of illegal immigration and Muslim fundamentalism in Asom, which were in the back-burner till recently, have once again stirred the entire political scenario of the State.
In the backdrop of the ongoing controversy over the role of a madrassa at Melamati in Titabor, the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Northeast Front has condemned the role of the Asom Government in tackling the problems of illegal immigration and Muslim fundamentalism in the State and demanded the State Government to give a clear stand on the issue.
Speaking to The Sentinel, VHP president Jyotish Pathak and spokesman Nayanranjan Baruah said as per the Home Ministry report, there are 29 fundamentalist groups active in Asom and the rest of Northeast. This includes – Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA), Muslim Liberation Army (MLA), Muslim Volunteer Force (MVF), Independent Liberation Army of Assam, Liberation Islamic Tiger Force (LITF), Islamic Security Force of India (ISF), Jamaat-e-Islami Assam Unit (JeI), Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA), United Social Reform Army, Islamic Sevah Sangh (ISS), United Reformation Protest of Assam (URPA), Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), People’s United Liberation Front (PULF), Students’ Islamic Organization (SLO), Islamic Liberation Army (ILA) – to name a few.
The Home Ministry report has said that the 29 fundamentalist groups in Asom and the rest of Northeast have links with foreign agencies like Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), Jamaat-e-Islaami, Islamic Chatra Shibir (ICS), Sipahi-e-Shibir and Al-Qaeda based in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The report also reveals that the fundamentalist groups are working to further different aims such as protect the interest of Muslims in Asom, unite for Jihad, to carry out an anti-India propaganda, convert Asom into an Islamic state etc.
In this context, the VHP leaders have alleged that some of the groups are using the madrassas and mosques in Asom to further their motives.
The VHP has demanded of the Government to initiate a thorough investigation on the existence of the fundamentalist groups in Asom and the rest of Northeast and their activities following which stern action should be taken against such groups. Further, if such groups are not found, the VHP has demanded of the Central Government to clearly declare Asom as a region free of fundamentalist groups and thereby pacify the people of Asom.
The VHP leaders have condemned the Asom Government for ‘lacking clarity’ on the matter and termed its role as ‘suspicious’. Political parties and leaders have so far ignored the issues because of vote-bank-politics, they said. They have appealed to the people, particularly the Hindus to identify such politicians and teach them a lesson during the election time. They have also appealed to the mass to unite and stand against such anti-Asom forces.
Meanwhile, the All Assam Sanskrit Students’ Union burned an effigy of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi near the Press Club in Guwahati today in protest against the Government’s inactiveness on the issue of Muslim fundamentalism. THE SENTINEL
In the backdrop of the ongoing controversy over the role of a madrassa at Melamati in Titabor, the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Northeast Front has condemned the role of the Asom Government in tackling the problems of illegal immigration and Muslim fundamentalism in the State and demanded the State Government to give a clear stand on the issue.
Speaking to The Sentinel, VHP president Jyotish Pathak and spokesman Nayanranjan Baruah said as per the Home Ministry report, there are 29 fundamentalist groups active in Asom and the rest of Northeast. This includes – Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA), Muslim Liberation Army (MLA), Muslim Volunteer Force (MVF), Independent Liberation Army of Assam, Liberation Islamic Tiger Force (LITF), Islamic Security Force of India (ISF), Jamaat-e-Islami Assam Unit (JeI), Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA), United Social Reform Army, Islamic Sevah Sangh (ISS), United Reformation Protest of Assam (URPA), Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), People’s United Liberation Front (PULF), Students’ Islamic Organization (SLO), Islamic Liberation Army (ILA) – to name a few.
The Home Ministry report has said that the 29 fundamentalist groups in Asom and the rest of Northeast have links with foreign agencies like Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), Jamaat-e-Islaami, Islamic Chatra Shibir (ICS), Sipahi-e-Shibir and Al-Qaeda based in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The report also reveals that the fundamentalist groups are working to further different aims such as protect the interest of Muslims in Asom, unite for Jihad, to carry out an anti-India propaganda, convert Asom into an Islamic state etc.
In this context, the VHP leaders have alleged that some of the groups are using the madrassas and mosques in Asom to further their motives.
The VHP has demanded of the Government to initiate a thorough investigation on the existence of the fundamentalist groups in Asom and the rest of Northeast and their activities following which stern action should be taken against such groups. Further, if such groups are not found, the VHP has demanded of the Central Government to clearly declare Asom as a region free of fundamentalist groups and thereby pacify the people of Asom.
The VHP leaders have condemned the Asom Government for ‘lacking clarity’ on the matter and termed its role as ‘suspicious’. Political parties and leaders have so far ignored the issues because of vote-bank-politics, they said. They have appealed to the people, particularly the Hindus to identify such politicians and teach them a lesson during the election time. They have also appealed to the mass to unite and stand against such anti-Asom forces.
Meanwhile, the All Assam Sanskrit Students’ Union burned an effigy of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi near the Press Club in Guwahati today in protest against the Government’s inactiveness on the issue of Muslim fundamentalism. THE SENTINEL
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