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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Aamsu to protest in Delhi against evictions
Guwahati: All Assam Minorities Students' Union (Aamsu) will demonstrate in Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the eviction drives being carried out by the state govt, allegedly targeting people of a particular community. Rezaul Karim, president of Aamsu, said the union has always opposed the "inhuman eviction being carried out by the govt targeting people of a particular community." "Encroachment can be seen in many parts of the state by people of other communities as well. An eviction drive was conducted at Paikan Reserve Forest and 140 hectares of land was freed by evicting 1,080 families. At the same time, many families belonging to the Rabha community are also occupying the forest. Why no action on them?," he asked. Karim said no provisions for rehabilitation were made before they were evicted. "They (the evicted families) are landless people. They lost their land in erosion at some point in time. They were sitting on this govt land. The govt wants to clear the forest area, which is fine, but they should have been rehabilitated," he added. The eviction at Paikan Reserve Forest in Goalpara was carried out on Saturday. An eviction drive at Chapar in Dhubri district was carried out last week to evict over 800 families, allegedly occupying 3,500 bighas of land.
Time of India
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Aamsu protests on Eid against ‘persecution of Indian citizens'
1 2 Silchar: Protesting against the 'systematic harassment' of indigenous citizens, who have been 'wrongly branded as illegal immigrants', members of All Assam Minority Students' Union (Aamsu) on Saturday took out silent protest marches at multiple Eidgahs across Assam's Barak Valley. Donning black badges and carrying placards on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the protesters were part of a larger statewide campaign led by Aamsu president Rezaul Karim Sarkar, opposing the alleged misuse of anti-infiltration policies. Before offering their prayers, Aamsu members silently marched inside their respective Eidgah premises, refraining from any sloganeering. "This is a protest against injustice, not against any community or religion," said Sribhumi district Aaamsu general secretary Afzal Hussain Tapadar. "We oppose infiltration from Bangladesh," Tapadar said, before adding, "but branding genuine Indian citizens as foreigners, without a due process, is unacceptable. The state govt must immediately stop this persecution." He further said Indian citizens, who had been wrongly deported to Bangladesh, should be identified and brought back, before being rehabilitated. "Those arrested or pushed back across the border, without any legal proceedings, are not criminals. They are citizens of this country and must be treated with dignity," Tapadar said.
