The Assam NRC issue - listen to a son of the soil, Plabita Baruah.
"If you are a celebrity starving for popularity or a politician hunting for some unrest in the country for your personal gains and you think Assam NRC is your golden break, then you seriously need to shut up immediately.
It's pathetic to see such ignorant, casual tweets from some popular figures of the country regarding the NRC list of Assam. Stop portraying this as robbing off of citizenship of a particular group of people and please put this in your brains that they are not Indian citizens in the first place. If you have heard about a country called Bangladesh, these are people of Bangladesh who cross over to India illegally (Thanks to our pathetic border system) and start living, breeding and of course, create nuisance in Assam, just like that.
Okay, I understand your need for showing off your humanity, large heartedness and of course, the knowledge of what's going on in the country. But let me ask you first........
What do you really know about NRC? How much do you know about Assam's NRC issue?
Have you ever come across the term, 'Ahom Andolan' (Assam movement) or for that matter, how much do you know about the state of Assam itself?
Let me tell you a small story here, back in the year 1978, an MP in the Mangaldai constituency of Assam named Hiralal Patwari died requiring a re-election in the place. In the re-election, the dramatic increase in the number of voters was the first noticeable hint that voting rights were given to some foreigners to increase the vote count for a particular political party. This led to the start of an agitation led by a student party and a local political party of the state which was supported by the whole state. Massive protests were held across Assam against granting of voting rights to illegal infiltrators at the cost of huge damage to the overall development of the state.
Assamese people - youth, aged, women gave their lives for this cause (The martyrs' count was 855). They died in order to protect their motherland from these illegal foreign infiltrators. The agitation subsided with the assurance by the then government in the form of the 'Assam record' signed in '85 between the then PM and some "incapable" leaders of the Assam movement, which later turned out to be a joke as rather than freeing Assam from these outsiders, their influx increased like wildfire throughout the state and continues even till date.
Do you know that these people are the main cause of most of the problems in the otherwise comparatively peaceful state? Do you know that if you look in any Assamese daily, about 90% of the crimes in the state are committed by this particular illegal bunch of people?
Do you know that being an Assamese, we are afraid to go into some areas occupied by these illegal immigrants, even in broad daylight? Do you know the reason why? Do you think you can live peacefully among these people who are forever encroaching our lands, literally polluting our beautiful realm, committing heinous crimes like rapes and murders and of course, always, multiplying like rabbits?
Are you even aware of the fact that the cut-off date for detection of foreigners in Assam is 24 Mar '71, whereas the cut-off date for citizenship in the rest of the country is just after independence? I'm sure not. We are still liberal in the dates than you at least and you want us to accept them as our own? Would you accept Pakistanis or let's say Talibanis all over your land if they illegally cross the border and just start living here? I know you wouldn't but we, here, at least tried. Tried to keep quiet, tried to bear with the numerous inconveniences, tried even accepting them but what should we do when our own identity starts becoming a threat in our own lands?
Have you heard of Arnamai Bora or the numerous other brutal rape victims in the hands of these infiltrators? Have you lit a candle for them?
Do you know that Assam holds a top position in the number of kidney and cancer patients due to the cheap, banned fertilizers and pesticides imported from Bangladesh and used in our crops by these people who have already acquired and started their farming businesses in our lands?
Let me tell you something. Showing humanity for these people in front of the Assamese is a joke on you yourself because if you have ever been to Assam, the big hearts and hospitality of the Assamese people would put your humanity to shame. Were you ever aware of the annual disastrous floods that affect the state or the various other grave problems faced by us? Did you ever raise your voice on any issue of Assam or is it just the NRC issue that seems sensational enough to gain popularity?
If you have even an ounce of common sense left, you should know that the fight here is between Indians and illegal, trouble making foreigners. Shameless politicians who see these people as vote banks have always tried to defend and shelter them.
I hope not, but our state especially the bordering towns and the hills are going to get affected".
Tailpiece.
Those who talk about Assam must educate themselves about the state and understand the issues properly before making an opinion.
"If you are a celebrity starving for popularity or a politician hunting for some unrest in the country for your personal gains and you think Assam NRC is your golden break, then you seriously need to shut up immediately.
It's pathetic to see such ignorant, casual tweets from some popular figures of the country regarding the NRC list of Assam. Stop portraying this as robbing off of citizenship of a particular group of people and please put this in your brains that they are not Indian citizens in the first place. If you have heard about a country called Bangladesh, these are people of Bangladesh who cross over to India illegally (Thanks to our pathetic border system) and start living, breeding and of course, create nuisance in Assam, just like that.
Okay, I understand your need for showing off your humanity, large heartedness and of course, the knowledge of what's going on in the country. But let me ask you first........
What do you really know about NRC? How much do you know about Assam's NRC issue?
Have you ever come across the term, 'Ahom Andolan' (Assam movement) or for that matter, how much do you know about the state of Assam itself?
Let me tell you a small story here, back in the year 1978, an MP in the Mangaldai constituency of Assam named Hiralal Patwari died requiring a re-election in the place. In the re-election, the dramatic increase in the number of voters was the first noticeable hint that voting rights were given to some foreigners to increase the vote count for a particular political party. This led to the start of an agitation led by a student party and a local political party of the state which was supported by the whole state. Massive protests were held across Assam against granting of voting rights to illegal infiltrators at the cost of huge damage to the overall development of the state.
Assamese people - youth, aged, women gave their lives for this cause (The martyrs' count was 855). They died in order to protect their motherland from these illegal foreign infiltrators. The agitation subsided with the assurance by the then government in the form of the 'Assam record' signed in '85 between the then PM and some "incapable" leaders of the Assam movement, which later turned out to be a joke as rather than freeing Assam from these outsiders, their influx increased like wildfire throughout the state and continues even till date.
Do you know that these people are the main cause of most of the problems in the otherwise comparatively peaceful state? Do you know that if you look in any Assamese daily, about 90% of the crimes in the state are committed by this particular illegal bunch of people?
Do you know that being an Assamese, we are afraid to go into some areas occupied by these illegal immigrants, even in broad daylight? Do you know the reason why? Do you think you can live peacefully among these people who are forever encroaching our lands, literally polluting our beautiful realm, committing heinous crimes like rapes and murders and of course, always, multiplying like rabbits?
Are you even aware of the fact that the cut-off date for detection of foreigners in Assam is 24 Mar '71, whereas the cut-off date for citizenship in the rest of the country is just after independence? I'm sure not. We are still liberal in the dates than you at least and you want us to accept them as our own? Would you accept Pakistanis or let's say Talibanis all over your land if they illegally cross the border and just start living here? I know you wouldn't but we, here, at least tried. Tried to keep quiet, tried to bear with the numerous inconveniences, tried even accepting them but what should we do when our own identity starts becoming a threat in our own lands?
Have you heard of Arnamai Bora or the numerous other brutal rape victims in the hands of these infiltrators? Have you lit a candle for them?
Do you know that Assam holds a top position in the number of kidney and cancer patients due to the cheap, banned fertilizers and pesticides imported from Bangladesh and used in our crops by these people who have already acquired and started their farming businesses in our lands?
Let me tell you something. Showing humanity for these people in front of the Assamese is a joke on you yourself because if you have ever been to Assam, the big hearts and hospitality of the Assamese people would put your humanity to shame. Were you ever aware of the annual disastrous floods that affect the state or the various other grave problems faced by us? Did you ever raise your voice on any issue of Assam or is it just the NRC issue that seems sensational enough to gain popularity?
If you have even an ounce of common sense left, you should know that the fight here is between Indians and illegal, trouble making foreigners. Shameless politicians who see these people as vote banks have always tried to defend and shelter them.
I hope not, but our state especially the bordering towns and the hills are going to get affected".
Tailpiece.
Those who talk about Assam must educate themselves about the state and understand the issues properly before making an opinion.
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