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Dhaka land deal sparks furore
Assam fumes at betrayal
Dhaka land deal sparks furore Assam fumes at betrayal
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AGP activists burn effigies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by UB Photos
Guwahati, Sept. 7: Widespread protests today greeted the Centres decision to hand over Assams land to Bangladesh.
Sources closely associated with land survey in the state said Assam would have to give up around 342 acres of land in adverse possession of Bangladesh while Dhaka would have to forfeit claim over 435 acres in possession of India to resolve the long-pending boundary issue.
Among those who protested the move were the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the AGP, the BJP and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS). They came down heavily on Singh and Gogoi for having allegedly betrayed the interests of the state.
The BJP said it would vehemently oppose ceding of Assams land to Bangladesh in Parliament. The land will be handed over to Bangladesh according to the 1974 Indira-Mujib treaty, which will have to be ratified in Parliament. Our party will vehemently oppose the land deal when it will be placed in Parliament for ratification, general secretary of the BJPs Assam unit, Pradyut Bora, said.
Ten pacts were signed but not one on the presence of over 40 lakh illegal Bangladeshis in Assam. Why didnt the chief minister or the Prime Minister discuss the influx issue with their Bangladeshi counterparts? The royal Bengal tigers have got higher priority than the influx issue, he added.
The partys activists burnt effigies of Gogoi and staged protests against the deal across the state. BJP MPs from Assam, Bijoya Chakravarty, Rajen Gohain and Kabindra Purkayastha, staged a sit-in outside Parliament against the deal.
The AGP was equally scathing, terming the boundary pact as the second Yandaboo Treaty and announced that the party would observe September 6 as betrayal day every year in protest against the treaty. Its activists burnt Gogois effigies across the state.
By signing the land swap deal and agreeing to hand over land belonging to Assam, the chief minister has betrayed the people of the state. It is a day of betrayal. We visited the villages at Boroibari in Dhubri district and found that the villagers there possess patta (land deed) in their names. Yet the government has agreed to hand over this land to Bangladesh, AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary said, threatening to intensify their protests.
He said nearly 567 bighas of land in Boroibari, which the government has agreed to give to Bangladesh, was allotted to three villagers, Golam Ali, Mir Sheikh and Hiru Sheikh, in 1957-58 under Goalpara Tenancy Act, 1929.
Government sources said Assam would lose 74 acres at Palathol and 75 acres at Dumabari in Karimganj district and 193 acres at Boroibari as part of the deal to settle the adverse possession issue, demarcate the boundary and get its border fenced.
Similarly, Dhaka has given up its claim over 145 acres in possession of India at Naygaon in Karimganj and 290 acres at Palathol. It is quid pro quo for mutual benefit. Formalities are yet to be completed, one of them said.
AASU activists blocked National Highway 37 in front of Gauhati University around 11.30am for about half-an-hour to protest the land deal.
Every anchalik committee of AASU across the state hanged and burnt effigies of the Prime Minister and chief minister. What could be more unfortunate for the people of Assam than the Prime Minster, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from the state, signing an agreement in presence of the chief minister to cede Assams land to Bangladesh? This is an inexcusable act and the people of Assam will never accept this agreement. The influx issue was not raised by Gogoi or Singh, AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said.
The KMSS, which has been spearheading land rights movement for indigenous farmers in Assam, also said it would not accept the deal. Its activists staged protests across the state.
Assam fumes at betrayal
Dhaka land deal sparks furore Assam fumes at betrayal
OUR BUREAU
AGP activists burn effigies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by UB Photos
Guwahati, Sept. 7: Widespread protests today greeted the Centres decision to hand over Assams land to Bangladesh.
Sources closely associated with land survey in the state said Assam would have to give up around 342 acres of land in adverse possession of Bangladesh while Dhaka would have to forfeit claim over 435 acres in possession of India to resolve the long-pending boundary issue.
Among those who protested the move were the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the AGP, the BJP and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS). They came down heavily on Singh and Gogoi for having allegedly betrayed the interests of the state.
The BJP said it would vehemently oppose ceding of Assams land to Bangladesh in Parliament. The land will be handed over to Bangladesh according to the 1974 Indira-Mujib treaty, which will have to be ratified in Parliament. Our party will vehemently oppose the land deal when it will be placed in Parliament for ratification, general secretary of the BJPs Assam unit, Pradyut Bora, said.
Ten pacts were signed but not one on the presence of over 40 lakh illegal Bangladeshis in Assam. Why didnt the chief minister or the Prime Minister discuss the influx issue with their Bangladeshi counterparts? The royal Bengal tigers have got higher priority than the influx issue, he added.
The partys activists burnt effigies of Gogoi and staged protests against the deal across the state. BJP MPs from Assam, Bijoya Chakravarty, Rajen Gohain and Kabindra Purkayastha, staged a sit-in outside Parliament against the deal.
The AGP was equally scathing, terming the boundary pact as the second Yandaboo Treaty and announced that the party would observe September 6 as betrayal day every year in protest against the treaty. Its activists burnt Gogois effigies across the state.
By signing the land swap deal and agreeing to hand over land belonging to Assam, the chief minister has betrayed the people of the state. It is a day of betrayal. We visited the villages at Boroibari in Dhubri district and found that the villagers there possess patta (land deed) in their names. Yet the government has agreed to hand over this land to Bangladesh, AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary said, threatening to intensify their protests.
He said nearly 567 bighas of land in Boroibari, which the government has agreed to give to Bangladesh, was allotted to three villagers, Golam Ali, Mir Sheikh and Hiru Sheikh, in 1957-58 under Goalpara Tenancy Act, 1929.
Government sources said Assam would lose 74 acres at Palathol and 75 acres at Dumabari in Karimganj district and 193 acres at Boroibari as part of the deal to settle the adverse possession issue, demarcate the boundary and get its border fenced.
Similarly, Dhaka has given up its claim over 145 acres in possession of India at Naygaon in Karimganj and 290 acres at Palathol. It is quid pro quo for mutual benefit. Formalities are yet to be completed, one of them said.
AASU activists blocked National Highway 37 in front of Gauhati University around 11.30am for about half-an-hour to protest the land deal.
Every anchalik committee of AASU across the state hanged and burnt effigies of the Prime Minister and chief minister. What could be more unfortunate for the people of Assam than the Prime Minster, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from the state, signing an agreement in presence of the chief minister to cede Assams land to Bangladesh? This is an inexcusable act and the people of Assam will never accept this agreement. The influx issue was not raised by Gogoi or Singh, AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said.
The KMSS, which has been spearheading land rights movement for indigenous farmers in Assam, also said it would not accept the deal. Its activists staged protests across the state.
... and she already handed over 261 acre of land....in padua... what a bunch of crap... N I also can not understand the logic of the dealing.. instead of taking back own land they settled the matter by agreeing to keep the lands which was occupied by them....
