BJP trying to recreate 2002 Gujarat episodes in Assam, claims Opposition MLA Akhil Gogoi
His remarks came amid reports of organisations allegedly threatening Miya Muslims from Upper Assam to leave the administrative division.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to recreate the 2002 Gujarat episodes in Assam, Opposition MLA Akhil Gogoi claimed on Sunday amid reports that some organisations have allegedly been threatening Miya Muslims from Upper Assam to leave the administrative division.
The term “Miya Muslims” refers to Muslims of Bengali origin who are often falsely accused of being “illegal immigrants”.
In 2002, more than 1,000 persons, most of them Muslims, were killed in the communal riots that had broken out in Gujarat after a coach carrying kar servaks was set on fire, killing 59 people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state at the time of the riots.
“To win elections they [BJP] desire to create a situation of instability and conflict in Assam,” said Gogoi, an independent MLA from the Sivasagar constituency, on Sunday. “We are well aware of those in Assam who are following the diktats of the BJP agenda.”
Threats against a section of the community were issued following the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in the Dhing area of Assam’s Nagaon district on August 22. A 24-year-old, identified as Tafazul Islam, was among three persons accused in the gangrape case.
BJP is trying to recreate the 2002 Gujarat episodes in Assam. To win elections...
