Does being landless mean infiltrators?

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe country’s muted response to human rights violations in Assam underpinned the talk at a symposium on ‘prosecution of minorities: branding own citizens as infiltrators’, organised here on Sunday.The symposium, jointly conducted by the AP chapter of the Human Welfare Foundatino and the Hyderabad unit of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO), dwelt on various poignant questions of the origin of the violence and the government and media’s apathy to the incident.‘’Those who lost their houses in the violence are being asked to produce a proof of identity, when they want to rebuild their lives. The Assam government says only people having land holdings will be allowed to return. Why is it so? I’ve no land here in AP, does it make me any less-citizen of Andhra Pradesh?” asked Zaheed Qadri, a member of the AP Relief Council.President of the Movement for Peace and Justice Hameed Mohammad Khan lashed out at the political parties for fanning out embers out of their vested interests.‘’What is the Government of India doing when muslims in Assam consisting over 30 percent of the population are being rendered homeless and branded as outsiders?,’’ he questioned.Speakers pointed out that people from any region migrate to other places for two reasons: economic prosperity and for fear of oppression.“Since muslims are in majority in Bangladesh, the second reason does not apply. However, prosperity of West Bengal attracts Bangladeshis towards it,” said one of the speakers. The violence in Assam was not communal violence but ethnic, with Bodos fighting against Assamese who in turn have problems with Bengali-speaking people, speakers opined.first published:September 03, 2012, 11:22 ISTlast updated:September 03, 2012, 11:22 IST
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The country’s muted response to human rights violations in Assam underpinned the talk at a symposium on ‘prosecution of minorities: branding own citizens as infiltrators’, organised here on Sunday.

The symposium, jointly conducted by the AP chapter of the Human Welfare Foundatino and the Hyderabad unit of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO), dwelt on various poignant questions of the origin of the violence and the government and media’s apathy to the incident.

‘’Those who lost their houses in the violence are being asked to produce a proof of identity, when they want to rebuild their lives. The Assam government says only people having land holdings will be allowed to return. Why is it so? I’ve no land here in AP, does it make me any less-citizen of Andhra Pradesh?” asked Zaheed Qadri, a member of the AP Relief Council.

President of the Movement for Peace and Justice Hameed Mohammad Khan lashed out at the political parties for fanning out embers out of their vested interests.

‘’What is the Government of India doing when muslims in Assam consisting over 30 percent of the population are being rendered homeless and branded as outsiders?,’’ he questioned.

Speakers pointed out that people from any region migrate to other places for two reasons: economic prosperity and for fear of oppression.

“Since muslims are in majority in Bangladesh, the second reason does not apply. However, prosperity of West Bengal attracts Bangladeshis towards it,” said one of the speakers. The violence in Assam was not communal violence but ethnic, with Bodos fighting against Assamese who in turn have problems with Bengali-speaking people, speakers opined.