CPM protests in Goalpara against eviction drives
Thousands of people, mostly those evicted, joined the demonstration in protest against govt's "inhuman" act of evicting people at Chapar in Dhubri and Paikan reserve forest in Goalpara.
CPM MLA from Sarbhog, Manoranjan Talukdar, said the demand is very clear — govt must provide sufficient compensation and rehabilitation, not in the riverine areas, to the evicted families at the earliest. He urged the CM to call a sitting in the assembly for discussion on the matter if the CM cannot agree to the demands of CPM.
"We will not sit on the road demonstrating against eviction if the CM can prove a majority supporting eviction," he added.
Talukdar appealed to other opposition parties to raise their voices against the eviction. "We will put all efforts to defeat the BJP in the 2026 assembly elections," he added. The MLA said their (present BJP-led govt) main target is a particular community. "This govt is communal, and there is no doubt," he added.
He said CM Sarma-led govt will be bound to provide rehabilitation to the evicted people, and this is established by the mega eviction drive at Gorukhuti in Darrang. "Bowing down to the continuous protests and legal battle following the eviction drive at Gorukhuti in Darrang in September 2021, the govt rehabilitated the families," he added.
He accused the govt of working for the interests of the big corporate players.
"Corporate players could have purchased land. Why is eviction required?," he added.
He accused the CM of creating an atmosphere of fear by carrying out eviction drives across lower Assam. "Stop this inhuman act," he added. Meanwhile, the party's state general secretary, Suprakash Talukdar, said that the demonstration in Goalpara is justified. "If the govt has a plan to rehabilitate the evicted families, as they keep on claiming, rehabilitation should have been done first. They are now staying on the roads," he added.
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