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PPFA asks Mamata Banerjee to exercise restraint while making statements
Guwahati: Expressing utter dismay on a responsible politician’s communal remarks over the ongoing process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) updaion in the State, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the politicians in power to exercise restraint while making a public statement.
The Assam based forum, while reacting sharply to a recent outburst of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claiming that the NRC updating process in the State was a ‘conspiracy to drive away Bengalis’, also appeals to the conscious people of the neighboring State to prevent their talkative chief minister from making such inflammatory statements.
The much waited updation of NRC of 1951 is undergoing in Assam following the direction (also monitoring) of the Supreme Court and the first draft of it comprising 1.9 crore applicants out of around 3.25 crore total applicants was released on the midnight of 31 December 2017. The second part of it is expected to be published by early this year.
Contrary to the apprehensions by various government and non-government agencies, no unpleasant incident took place in Assam, even though many high-profile individuals are yet to find their names on the list. Rather, everyone accepted the errors sportingly and they are waiting for necessary correction in the final draft.
“But shockingly, the Bengal chief minister has tried to communalise the issue with her queer logic. The Trinamool Congress chief has simply tried to play a cunning game as a few Bengali politicians of yesteryear (including ex-CM of Bengal Jyoti Basu) along with a bunch of intellectuals, had done the same during the Assam movement against illegal Bangladeshi migrants,” said the PPFA.
In a statement, issued to the media outlets, the forum pointed out that the appeasement policies of Ms Banerjee towards a particular community in West Bengal has seemingly compelled her to make such illogical comments. As she has been vehemently opposing the Centre’s citizenship amendment bill one can easily get the idea of Ms Banerjee’s interested group of people, asserted the forum.
The PPFA has finally urged the Bengal chief minister to think about the nation first than running behind her silly political interest. The forum additionally appeals to the Bengali speaking people of the region to denounce Ms Banerjee’s comment which may spread misinformation and confusions across the country.
Endorsed by Rupam Barua, Nirode K. Barooah, Nava Thakuria, Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Anup Sarma, Kishor Giri, Ujjal Saikia, Dhiraj Goswami, Bidhayak Das, Samya Bharadwaj, Raktim Barua, Sewali Kalita, Bhanita Devi, Namrata Datta, Babita Sarma, Mridul Kumar Chakrabarty, Biswajit Nath, Kishor Bhuyan, Indranil Kalita, Anirban Choudhury, Sabyasachi Sharma, Dipankar Baruah, Rajib Chowdhury, Manikankan Barua, Kuntala Chakrabarty, Roopjyoti Barua, Daya Nath Singh, Anuotsh Deb etc for the PPFA
https://www.counterview.in/2018/01/pretending-to-be-saviour-of-bengalis.html
PPFA asks Mamata Banerjee to exercise restraint while making statements
Guwahati: Expressing utter dismay on a responsible politician’s communal remarks over the ongoing process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) updaion in the State, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the politicians in power to exercise restraint while making a public statement.
The Assam based forum, while reacting sharply to a recent outburst of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claiming that the NRC updating process in the State was a ‘conspiracy to drive away Bengalis’, also appeals to the conscious people of the neighboring State to prevent their talkative chief minister from making such inflammatory statements.
The much waited updation of NRC of 1951 is undergoing in Assam following the direction (also monitoring) of the Supreme Court and the first draft of it comprising 1.9 crore applicants out of around 3.25 crore total applicants was released on the midnight of 31 December 2017. The second part of it is expected to be published by early this year.
Contrary to the apprehensions by various government and non-government agencies, no unpleasant incident took place in Assam, even though many high-profile individuals are yet to find their names on the list. Rather, everyone accepted the errors sportingly and they are waiting for necessary correction in the final draft.
“But shockingly, the Bengal chief minister has tried to communalise the issue with her queer logic. The Trinamool Congress chief has simply tried to play a cunning game as a few Bengali politicians of yesteryear (including ex-CM of Bengal Jyoti Basu) along with a bunch of intellectuals, had done the same during the Assam movement against illegal Bangladeshi migrants,” said the PPFA.
In a statement, issued to the media outlets, the forum pointed out that the appeasement policies of Ms Banerjee towards a particular community in West Bengal has seemingly compelled her to make such illogical comments. As she has been vehemently opposing the Centre’s citizenship amendment bill one can easily get the idea of Ms Banerjee’s interested group of people, asserted the forum.
The PPFA has finally urged the Bengal chief minister to think about the nation first than running behind her silly political interest. The forum additionally appeals to the Bengali speaking people of the region to denounce Ms Banerjee’s comment which may spread misinformation and confusions across the country.
Endorsed by Rupam Barua, Nirode K. Barooah, Nava Thakuria, Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Anup Sarma, Kishor Giri, Ujjal Saikia, Dhiraj Goswami, Bidhayak Das, Samya Bharadwaj, Raktim Barua, Sewali Kalita, Bhanita Devi, Namrata Datta, Babita Sarma, Mridul Kumar Chakrabarty, Biswajit Nath, Kishor Bhuyan, Indranil Kalita, Anirban Choudhury, Sabyasachi Sharma, Dipankar Baruah, Rajib Chowdhury, Manikankan Barua, Kuntala Chakrabarty, Roopjyoti Barua, Daya Nath Singh, Anuotsh Deb etc for the PPFA