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The so-called "illegal Bangladeshis" in Asasam are not Bangladeshis at all. Many of them may have origin in current Bangladesh and have started their settlement in Assam during British period, and definitely before the birth of Bangladesh. All of these so-called "illegal Bangladeshis" are Indian citizens [mostly Bangla speaking].
The Udalguri is situated in Assam, India, its geographical coordinates are 27° 33' 0" North, 95° 15' 0" East , about 200 Km north-east of Bangladesh border. Earlier, Udalgiri was a sub-divisional headquarters in Darrang District [see map]
After signing of Bodo Accord to end the demand for a Separate Bodoland State, An Autonomous District called Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District (BTAD) was created and Udalguri district became one of the four Districts under BTAD. This district is bounded by Bhutan and West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh state in the north, Sonitpur district in the east, Darrang district in the south and Baksa district in the west.
See Assam map [Udalguri is situated in the Darrang district ]
About the current turmoil and killings in Udalguri, one commentator has put
"It's two oppressed communities of the state are fighting and the elites are
enjoying to instigate them".......
The Bangla speaking people of Udalguri are Indian citizens and at it's
worst can be called Neo-Assamese. Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar is requested to do some
home work before making illogical comments and putting forward his communal slant.
'Bodo rebels responsible for ethnic cleansing'
Monday, 06 October , 2008, 10:08
Last Updated: Monday, 06 October , 2008, 10:44
Udalguri: Authorities in Assam on Monday said that the violence over the weekend that killed 32 people and injured more than 100 was systematic ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), a rebel group fighting for an independent tribal homeland.
"The violence in the three districts of Darrang, Udalguri and Baksa was not due to clashes between the tribal Bodos and immigrant Muslims, but a planned ethnic cleansing by the NDFB to drive out all non-Bodos from the area," Assam government spokesman and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
"We have already arrested four NDFB cadres on Sunday with weapons who were involved in killing a woman and a child in Baksa district," he added.
Assam violence: Four killed in police firing
There have been several incidents of arson overnight with panic stricken villagers fleeing their homes. "Miscreants set ablaze a cluster of homes in about three villages late on Sunday, although there has been no fresh casualty," police said.
More than 600 homes have been burnt since Friday, when clashes first broke out, and at least 60,000 people have fled their villages in an area controlled by the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC), a politico-administrative structure, formed after New Delhi signed a peace accord with the militant Bodoland Tiger Force in 2003. The BLT is now a disbanded outfit with its former members now heading the BTC, an autonomous body.
The former BLT and the NDFB are at war for territorial supremacy with bitter fratricidal clashes between them in the last four years claiming more than 100 lives. But the NDFB, currently in a ceasefire mode with New Delhi since 2005, has not given up its demand for an independent Bodo homeland with the Bodo community in a majority in the three violence-hit districts in northern Assam.
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"This is not a clash between Hindus and immigrant Bangladeshi Muslims as projected, but a systematic pogrom by the NDFB as many of the people affected by the violence are genuine Assamese Muslims, Bengali Hindus, common Bodos, besides a few Adivasis as well," the minister said.
The NDFB is a majority Christian outfit with the outfit's top leader Ranjan Daimary believed to be operating out of Bangladesh.
"We are investigating reports of the involvement of the NDFB in the clashes and if proved we shall be forced to call off the ceasefire," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said. "Strict orders have been issued to the security forces, including the army, to shoot at sight anybody found indulging in violence," he added.
Sarma said miscreants from various communities were trying to take advantage of the situation by indulging in arson with a view to looting properties. "In the final analysis this is not a communal clash," he said.
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Last Updated: Monday, 06 October , 2008, 10:44
Udalguri: Authorities in Assam on Monday said that the violence over the weekend that killed 32 people and injured more than 100 was systematic ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), a rebel group fighting for an independent tribal homeland.
"The violence in the three districts of Darrang, Udalguri and Baksa was not due to clashes between the tribal Bodos and immigrant Muslims, but a planned ethnic cleansing by the NDFB to drive out all non-Bodos from the area," Assam government spokesman and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
"We have already arrested four NDFB cadres on Sunday with weapons who were involved in killing a woman and a child in Baksa district," he added.
Assam violence: Four killed in police firing
There have been several incidents of arson overnight with panic stricken villagers fleeing their homes. "Miscreants set ablaze a cluster of homes in about three villages late on Sunday, although there has been no fresh casualty," police said.
More than 600 homes have been burnt since Friday, when clashes first broke out, and at least 60,000 people have fled their villages in an area controlled by the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC), a politico-administra
The former BLT and the NDFB are at war for territorial supremacy with bitter fratricidal clashes between them in the last four years claiming more than 100 lives. But the NDFB, currently in a ceasefire mode with New Delhi since 2005, has not given up its demand for an independent Bodo homeland with the Bodo community in a majority in the three violence-hit districts in northern Assam.
Also read: 'We killed Orissa's VHP leader'
"This is not a clash between Hindus and immigrant Bangladeshi Muslims as projected, but a systematic pogrom by the NDFB as many of the people affected by the violence are genuine Assamese Muslims, Bengali Hindus, common Bodos, besides a few Adivasis as well," the minister said.
The NDFB is a majority Christian outfit with the outfit's top leader Ranjan Daimary believed to be operating out of Bangladesh.
"We are investigating reports of the involvement of the NDFB in the clashes and if proved we shall be forced to call off the ceasefire," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said. "Strict orders have been issued to the security forces, including the army, to shoot at sight anybody found indulging in violence," he added.
Sarma said miscreants from various communities were trying to take advantage of the situation by indulging in arson with a view to looting properties. "In the final analysis this is not a communal clash," he said.
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It's all about land
Digambar Patowary, Hindustan Times
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Tiyajhar, October 05, 2008
First Published: 23:41 IST(5/10/2008)
Last Updated: 23:46 IST(5/10/2008)
It all started over a goat.
A Bodo youth was caught on Thursday night trying to steal a goat from the immigrant Muslim dominated village of Mohanpur in Udalguri district, 100 km north of Guwahati. When he returned to his village badly thrashed, his compatriots decided they had to retaliate.
By Friday afternoon, a Muslim was found murdered close to the deputy commissioner'
Thousands, specially women and children fled to Mangaldoi, the headquarters of Darrang district, where relief camps have been set up on the outskirts.
"Four people were killed before my eyes," said Basanti Boro, 30, who has sought shelter at a relief camp set up at Mudoibari High School. "They were not even Bodos, but Garo tribals." She collapsed into tears. "We have become homeless in our own land."
"The immigrants want to grab our land," said Sukaran Boro of Tiyajhar village. He has sent his family to a relief camp but stayed back to guard his property.
Land is indeed the key to the conflict that has persisted for several decades. The first Muslim immigrants — from East Bengal — began arriving in this region – as in most of Assam – in the late 19th century, encouraged by the British, who wanted to increase the volume of cultivation in the area. They cultivated inferior lands other peasants would not touch and made them bloom.
But they continued to pour in even after East Pakistan – later called Bangladesh – became a separate country, and it was no longer legal to do so. They still haven't stopped. With no more land available, they have used a variety of means to entrench themselves, even infiltrating into the tribal belts and blocks – created by the government to prevent tribal land alienation.
Not surprisingly during the agitation for a separate Bodo state within the Indian union in the 1980s and 1990s, there were repeated clashes between the Bodos and the immigrants, the former resenting their very presence.
The present round of tension began in August this year when Assamese students led by the All Assam Students Union began a drive in the area to identify and remove illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Events took a nasty turn when 12 immigrant Muslim labourers went missing. Ten bodies were later recovered.
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What a foolish comment. Bodos who are clashing with Bangladeshi
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Nationalist independence from India.
They are fighting against RAW.
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