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Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
AJP leaders urge Rahul to raise illegal migrants issue in Parl
1 2 GUWAHATI: A high-level delegation of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) met leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday, urging him to raise the twin issues of the Assam Accord implementation and constitutional safeguards for the Assamese people in Parliament. The meeting is significant given the tense atmosphere in the state due to the eviction drives initiated by the state govt and ultimatums issued by various vigilante groups to 'migrant Muslims' of Bangladesh origin to leave upper Assam. "The situation in Assam is unstable, with state govt attempting to create communal and factional conflicts. Instead of addressing the issue of foreigner identification and legal expulsion, they are engaging in politics and creating new problems, putting Assam in crisis," AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi alleged. "The BJP came to power with slogans of protecting the land and people but has done the opposite. Therefore, it is crucial to raise the issue in Parliament and apply pressure on the govt through national consensus," Lurinjyoti added. The AJP leaders said their meeting with Rahul Gandhi was solely in his capacity as the leader of opposition. However, the leaders of AJP clarified that there was no discussion about forming an alliance between the two parties ahead of the 2026 assembly election. The delegation, led by Lurinjyoti Gogoi and AJP general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan, included vice-president and senior advocate Kamal Nayan Choudhury, along with three secretaries, Ziaur Rahman, Chittaranjan Basumatary, and Raju Phukan. The meeting took place in the office of the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament building, in the presence of deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and MPs Pradyut Bordoloi and Rakibul Hussain. The delegation submitted a memorandum to Rahul, urging him to raise the issue of the BJP govt's 'deception' regarding the expulsion of foreigners in Parliament. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
AJP leaders urge Rahul to raise ‘migrant Muslim' issue in Parl
1 2 Guwahati: A high-level delegation of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) met leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday, urging him to raise the twin issues of the Assam Accord implementation and constitutional safeguards for the Assamese people in Parliament. The meeting is significant given the tense atmosphere in the state due to the eviction drives initiated by the state govt and ultimatums issued by various vigilante groups to 'migrant Muslims' of Bangladesh origin to leave upper Assam. "The situation in Assam is unstable, with state govt attempting to create communal and factional conflicts. Instead of addressing the issue of foreigner identification and legal expulsion, they are engaging in politics and creating new problems, putting Assam in crisis," AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi alleged. "The BJP came to power with slogans of protecting the land and people but has done the opposite. Therefore, it is crucial to raise the issue in Parliament and apply pressure on the govt through national consensus," Lurinjyoti added. The AJP leaders said their meeting with Rahul Gandhi was solely in his capacity as the leader of opposition. However, the leaders of AJP clarified that there was no discussion about forming an alliance between the two parties ahead of the 2026 assembly election. The delegation, led by Lurinjyoti Gogoi and AJP general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan, included vice-president and senior advocate Kamal Nayan Choudhury, along with three secretaries, Ziaur Rahman, Chittaranjan Basumatary, and Raju Phukan. The meeting took place in the office of the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament building, in the presence of deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and MPs Pradyut Bordoloi and Rakibul Hussain. The delegation submitted a memorandum to Rahul, urging him to raise the issue of the BJP govt's 'deception' regarding the expulsion of foreigners in Parliament. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
AJP urges Rahul Gandhi to raise Assam Accord, CAA issues in Parliament
New Delhi: A delegation of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), led by party president Lurinjyoti Gogoi, met Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in the national capital to press for the urgent discussion of long-pending political issues central to Assam's identity and history. Speaking after the meeting, Gogoi said the delegation urged Rahul Gandhi to raise in Parliament the implementation of the Assam Accord, the execution of Clause 6, and the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The party also pressed for the immediate update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), accusing both the state and central governments of "selective neglect" on the matter. "Assam has already accepted immigrants from Bangladesh who came before March 31, 1971, on humanitarian grounds. Beyond that date, no more can be accepted. The rest must be taken away from Assam," Gogoi asserted. He said Rahul Gandhi expressed concern about the possibility of several lakh people being disenfranchised overnight and was briefed on the impact of unchecked immigration on the indigenous population. On the CAA, Gogoi called it a "death knell" for the indigenous communities of Assam and the wider Northeast, and said the delegation had asked Rahul Gandhi to raise strong objections to it in the House. The AJP team included Jagdish Bhuyan, Chittaranjan Basumatary, Kamalnayan Choudhury, and Jiaur Rahman. From the Congress, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi, Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi, and Dhubri MP Rakibul Hussain were present during the discussions. Gogoi also criticised the "BJP government's focus on eviction drives", alleging they were being projected as its biggest achievement while core political issues were ignored. "Evictions are a routine legal process, not a guarantee for protecting the indigenous people," he said, adding that the real safeguard lay in fully implementing the Assam Accord and Clause 6, and repealing the CAA. He accused the government of using communal narratives around evictions to distract the public from Assam's "fundamental political questions" and warned that "the state's constitutional safeguards must be upheld without delay".
Time of India
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Two killed in police firing as Assam eviction drive turns violent
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: Two people were killed and several injured-on Thursday after police opened fire after the ongoing eviction drive at Paikan in Goalpara district turned was carried out in the area on Saturday last despite that a group of people have been staying there. They clashed with a team of police and forest department officials who had gone there to carry out the eviction said that a group of people pelted stones at the police. "At least five policemen were injured during the stone pelting. Two civilians' protestors were injured and one of them succumbed to his injuries," said Goalpara District Commissioner, Pradeep Kumar 140 hectares of the Paikan Reserve Forest, spanning 711 hectares, had been encroached upon by settlers. These were cleared on Saturday. However, despite the eviction drives some people have not left the area saying that they had nowhere to people said that they had stayed put in the area waiting for rehabilitation by the chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, " Rahul Gandhi came to Assam and openly encouraged encroachers to occupy forest land. Emboldened by his reckless words, today a violent mob attacked our police and forest personnel while attempting to forcefully encroach upon the Paikan Reserve the line of duty, 21 brave police officers and forest guards suffered grievous injuries. Left with no choice, the police had to open fire to restore order—leading to the unfortunate death of one encroacher. This is the disastrous legacy of Rahul Gandhi's one-day visit to Assam. His irresponsible rhetoric has directly endangered lives and disrupted peace in our state. The people of Assam will neither forget nor forgive this betrayal".Rahul addressed a rally in Assam on Wednesday. Sarma has said action will be taken if the cops are stopped from performing their recently stated that the BJP led government in Assam in the last four years has so far cleared over 1.19 lakh bighas (160 square kms) of land from illegal encroachment. Nearly 50,000 people are said, 'Till now we have managed to clear 40 percent of the forest land from encroachment. Area under encroachment is over 63 lakh bighas and forest is 29 lakh bighas".Regional party, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) General Secretary Jagadish Bhuyan lashed out at the BJP-led government, claiming that the narrative of protecting Assamese identity was being misused to mask large-scale land transfers to corporate houses.'This is not about identity — this is about deception. While the Chief Minister talks of freeing 6,000 bighas from so-called illegal Bangladeshis, the same government is allocating 55,000 bighas — including 49,000 bighas of indigenous land — to corporate houses,' Bhuyan said.
