Ajmal wishes President to stop ejection drive in Assam

Guwahati: AIUDF Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal has urged President Draupadi Murmu to direct the Assam government to stop the winter ejection drive and make alternative arrangements for the affected people. .

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, in a letter to the President, made available to the media on Thursday, requested him to direct the state government to stop “inhumane” evictions during the winter season. To prevent, provide land and financial support. Preventing “selective and discriminatory” eviction of poor landless and homeless affected families and people belonging to a particular community.
Ajmal said, “The state government has been conducting an eviction campaign during the cold winter months, rendering thousands of poor people homeless and facing immense hardship and this inhumane action must be immediately stopped.” should be stopped”, said Ajmal.

“The most objectionable point is that the eviction campaign has been launched in a selective and discriminatory manner targeting members of a particular community. “Some people have been evicted from areas where they have been living for decades,” alleged Ajmal.
The Dhubri MP added that he would like to make it clear that he and his party are not in favor of grabbing government land and “we have no objection if encroachers are evicted, even if Whoever they are”.
On December 19, the Assam government launched the largest eviction drive in the state at Batdrava, the birthplace of Vishnu saint Srimanta Sankardeva in Nagaon district, affecting around 5,000 people, after which 27 families and 17 businesses were evicted. had occupied a school land in neighboring Morigaon district on December 23 and 45 families in Satrakanara village No. 12 in Barpeta district on December 26.