AIUDF MLAs protest eviction in Dhubri
Over 800 families were illegally occupying around 3,500 bighas of govt land in the Chapar revenue circle in Bilasipara co-district in lower Assam's Dhubri district. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that around 90% of the families vacated the land voluntarily, and the remaining 10% were evicted by the authorities after they tried to resist the eviction drive.
The protest by the AIUDF MLAs and their party workers was staged in the Chapar revenue circle, under which Charuabakra, Santoshpur, and Chirakuti villages fall, demanding proper rehabilitation and sufficient compensation for the evicted families.
AIUDF leaders led a large group of demonstrators onto the highway, bringing traffic to a standstill and triggering immediate police intervention.
Organising general secretary of the party and Mankachar MLA, Aminul Islam, condemned the police's actions against the protesters, stating, "The police want to silence AIUDF leaders and workers, but our party will always stand by the people and speak out against injustice."
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He said, "We stood today where thousands once lived; now turned homeless by the govt's brutal and unconstitutional eviction at Chapar in Dhubri district.
With pain in their eyes and courage in their hearts, they (the evicted people) are fighting for justice, and we stand with them. This injustice will not be forgotten."
Islam added that nine years of BJP rule in the state have trampled Articles 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution, leaving over 11,000 families homeless and seeing seven individuals being shot for speaking out.
"This isn't development—it's sadistic oppression. We demand compensation, rehabilitation NOW!" he added.
Talking about the recent rehabilitation of a few families in upper Assam's Lakhimpur district, Islam said AIUDF is pleased that the govt has provided rehabilitation for the evicted families of Lakhimpur. "However, our question to the govt is, why has no arrangement been made yet to rehabilitate the minority people evicted from Garukhuti, Phuhuratoli, and Hasila Beel?" he added.
However, Sarma said on Wednesday that the industrialisation in the area, if successfully done, would benefit the people of the entire region in the district.
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