'the Situation In Assam Is Worse Than Gujarat In 2002

August 13, 2012

How many of you knew what happened earlier in Assam btw BODOs and muslims?

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[size="5"]T[/size]he Assam riots will make us forget Gujarat," says Kamal Faruqui, national secretary of the Samjawadi Party, in exasperation.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
"Muslim youth in the country are carrying [i]aakrosh[/i] (anguish) within them on seeing the condition of Muslims in Assam and Myanmar."[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
If the apathy towards the plight of Muslims in the north-east continues, he says, it will disturb the peace of the region for a long time to come.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
"The situation in Assam is worse than Gujarat of 2002 because the Bodos have driven out Bengali-speaking Muslims from their homes. Last month, they lit fire to their farmland and kept one exit available. The Muslims ran for their lives when a fire broke out in the middle of the night."[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
Now more than 3.5 lakh Muslims are in relief camps in Assam. Faruqui says, "The worst case scenario and the most likely one is that these Muslims will not be allowed to go back to their homes unless they show their identity card or proof that they are Indian or they have migrated from Bangladesh before 1972. When their houses have been burnt down, how will they show proof of identity?"[/size][/font][/color]