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‘No displaced Muslims will allowed to enter Bodo areas’

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Guwahati, August 18 (NNN): Even as there has been exodus of North Easterners from other parts of India, there have been counter-backlash threats from two Bodo organisations, including a militant outfit. On Saturday, the pro-talks faction of the militant National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement have vowed that no displaced Muslims will allowed to enter ‘Bodo areas’ again.
However, these two Bodo organisations’s resolution has been not without a condition. They demanded that the Assam government updates the National Register of Citizens (NRC) first.
 Leader of the Bodo militant outfit Gobinda Basumatary said that the migrants will be barred from entering Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) if the government refuses to update NRC by taking 1951 as the cut-off year and detect foreigners.
It has been reported that nearly 3 lakh migrants had fled Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of western Assam ever since the clashes broke out in the middle of last month.
It can noted here that the Tarun Gogoi government decided that the state government will send a team consisting of all the parties representatibves to the affected areas especially in Kokrajhar district. However, it was not known when the all-party mission will set out its mission to douse the flare up.
During the meeting yesterday, differences cropped up with some of them seeking to shut out Bangladeshis from the rehabilitation process while the other favoured rehabilitation first and identification of foreigners later. However, at the end of the meeting it resolved to send out a team to quell the tension.
It can be noted that on August 13, while visiting the ethnic clash hit places of Assam today, Sonia Gandhi said Tarun Gogoi had handled the crisis efficently. She had said the state government of Assam under the leadership of Tarun Gogoi had done what needed to be done by any government. However, Sonia Gandhi stated that she had asked the Assam government to see that no such riot occurs again.
Sonia Gandhi›s visit was joined by Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and chief minister Tarun Gogoi in that visit.

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