By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU), a students’ body of the state said that the victory of independent candidate Naba Kumar Sarania from Kokrajhar seat is the outcome of the sufferings of people in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) over the years. AAMSU also alleged that the state government has not done enough to seize the illegal arms in the BTAD besides demanding white paper from the home department regarding this.
“The victory of the independent candidate Naba Sarania has proved the failure of Tarun Gogoi led Congress government and Hagrama Mohilary’s mismanagement in the BTAD. This is the expression of the people both the Bodos and the non-Bodos who have been suffering for many years,” AAMU general secretary Azizur Rahman said.
A former militant of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Naba Kumar Sarania alias Heera Sarania, who contested as an Independent backed by the Sanimiita Janagosthiya Aikyamancha (SJA), a conglomerate of 23 non-Bodo organisations, including those representing linguistic and religious minorities, has become the first non-Bodo to represent the constituency, benefiting from a sharp polarisation of voters.
Sarania defeated Urkhao Gwra Brahma, a former Rajya Sabha MP and veteran Bodo leader by a huge margin of 3,55,779 votes. “The second place gained by Urkhao also indicates that even the common Bodo people have been suffering as well. The Hagrama Mohilary led administration is horrible for the people and they are solely responsible for the carnages which take place in BTAD,” he said.
On the illegal arms which are available in the region, the students’ body said that the state home department has not done enough to solve the problem. It also asked the department to come up with white paper on the operations which were carried out to seize illegal arms.
“We can challenge the government that it has not done enough to seize the illegal arms in BTAD. Otherwise many problems in the region could have been solved,” AAMU general secretary Rejaul Sarkar Karim said.
AAMSU also urged the state government to speed up the investigation on the BTAD violence which killed more than 45 villagers on the first week May this year. AAMSU will also start a series of citizens meet and democratic protests across the state to work towards bringing back peace.