1951 as cut-off year, opines for work permits to settlers
Guwahati, 23rd July, 2017
PPFA BATS FOR 1951 AS CUT-OFF YEAR, OPINES FOR WORK PERMITS TO SETTLERS
Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) reiterates its stand
to detect all immigrants from the then East Pakistan and later
Bangladesh with the national cut-off year (1951) and urges the Union
government in New Delhi to think about offering work permits (without
voting rights) to them in case their deportation becomes impossible
because of serious humanitarian & international crisis.
The forum in a statement also appealed to Sarbananda Sonowal led
government at Dispur to support 1951 as cut-off year for detection of
foreigners in the Supreme Court of India, as the case is presently in
its jurisdiction. Considering the spirit of Assam Movement (1979 to
1985) to deport all foreigners with 1951 base year, for which over 850
martyrs-Khargeswar Talukder being the first, sacrificed their lives,
the PPFA found reasons to support the same.
The forum pointed out that the immigrants who entered India after 1951
till 16 December 1971 should be treated as East Pakistani nationals,
as Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign nation only after 16 December
(not 25 March 1971 as often reported in Indian media outlets)
following the surrender of Pakistani forces under the leadership of
AAK Niazi to the Muktijoddhas (forces of Bangladesh freedom struggle).
Arguing strongly to deport the immigrants from Bangladesh, who came
after 16 December 1971, the forum urged the Union government to start
diplomatic exercises with the Bangladesh government in Dhaka. It also
expressed hope that a friendly regime in Dhaka would respond to New
Delhi’s worries positively and timely.
In another aspect, the forum commented that once the citizenship
amendment bills are duly passed in the Parliament, all the Hindu,
Buddhist, Sikh, Christian refugees should be rehabilitated with equal
distribution across the country. Among them, those who prefer to stay
legally in Assam should adopt the Assamese language as their medium of
instructions, asserted the statement.
“Adopting the Assamese language as the medium of instruction by those
settlers would help in promoting the Assamese culture and thus
contributing for a stronger and safer India. It will also help
removing the linguistic threat perception to the indigenous populace
of the State,” opined the statement endorsed by Rupam Barua, Nava
Thakuria, Pramod Kalita, Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Anup Sarma, Ujjal
Saikia, Anirban Choudhury, Tarali Chakrabarty, Bhaswati Sarma,
Bidhayak Das, Kishour Giri, Dhiraj Goswami, Sabyasachi Sharma, Mridul
Kumar Chakrabarty, Prarthana Hazarika, Sewali Kalita etc.
* This Press Release was sent to e-pao.net by Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) who can be contacted at tnavajyoti(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on July 24 2017
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