WHY DEMAND FOR ECONOMIC COUNCIL IS BOGUS?
Answer: The Assam government never wanted Barak Valley to be a part of the state. It is well known that the father of the Assamese cult and the state's first chief minister Gopinath Bardoloi wrote to Sardar Ballabbhai Patel in February 1946, "to separate the Bengali district of Sylhet and a portion of 'Cachar' from Assam and join these with Bengal. Bordoloi let the Cabinet Mission to understand that Assam would be quite prepared to hand over Cachar (then undivided) and Sylhet to Eastern Bengal (East Pakistan). The Congress control of the Assam administration was so 'correctly' exercised that it hardly provided any advantage to the local Congress during its campaign in Sylhet to win the referendum. In fact the Congress party did not at all campaign in Sylhet. It was indeed a lifetime's opportunity for the Assamese leadership to get rid of Sylhet and carve out a linguistically more homogeneous Assamese province. When the results of the referendum were declared, there was a feeling of relief in the Brahmaputra Valley. It was widely suggested there that the Bengali-speaking plains portion of Cachar district, at the least its Hailakandi subdivision should have been transferred to Pakistan. As neighbouring Bangladesh has people of similar race who share similar history, language, culture, tradition, way of life and mindset, the people of Barak Valley are labelled as ‘foreigners’ and face a severe ‘Identity Crisis’ though they are Indian citizens like any other Indian. The Barak Valley people, both Hindus and Muslims, are a distinct race compared to the majority population of the state of Assam and have an entirely distinctive history, language, culture, tradition, way of life, and of course live in a different topographical region with an entirely different mindset. As a result of this, there is a natural divide between the BV people and the majority community in Assam. It is because of this natural divide that tensions rise high. Our Constitution envisages for right to cultural, economical and political self-determination and therefore to achieve those we need to have our own government which can not be achieved without having a separate state. Economic Council is a short-sighted option i.e. a temporary solution to a permanent problem! Only a separate state can fulfill the aspirations of the people.
JOIN BARAK GANA PARISHAD. PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR SEPARATE BARAKLAND STATE.
Answer: The Assam government never wanted Barak Valley to be a part of the state. It is well known that the father of the Assamese cult and the state's first chief minister Gopinath Bardoloi wrote to Sardar Ballabbhai Patel in February 1946, "to separate the Bengali district of Sylhet and a portion of 'Cachar' from Assam and join these with Bengal. Bordoloi let the Cabinet Mission to understand that Assam would be quite prepared to hand over Cachar (then undivided) and Sylhet to Eastern Bengal (East Pakistan). The Congress control of the Assam administration was so 'correctly' exercised that it hardly provided any advantage to the local Congress during its campaign in Sylhet to win the referendum. In fact the Congress party did not at all campaign in Sylhet. It was indeed a lifetime's opportunity for the Assamese leadership to get rid of Sylhet and carve out a linguistically more homogeneous Assamese province. When the results of the referendum were declared, there was a feeling of relief in the Brahmaputra Valley. It was widely suggested there that the Bengali-speaking plains portion of Cachar district, at the least its Hailakandi subdivision should have been transferred to Pakistan. As neighbouring Bangladesh has people of similar race who share similar history, language, culture, tradition, way of life and mindset, the people of Barak Valley are labelled as ‘foreigners’ and face a severe ‘Identity Crisis’ though they are Indian citizens like any other Indian. The Barak Valley people, both Hindus and Muslims, are a distinct race compared to the majority population of the state of Assam and have an entirely distinctive history, language, culture, tradition, way of life, and of course live in a different topographical region with an entirely different mindset. As a result of this, there is a natural divide between the BV people and the majority community in Assam. It is because of this natural divide that tensions rise high. Our Constitution envisages for right to cultural, economical and political self-determination and therefore to achieve those we need to have our own government which can not be achieved without having a separate state. Economic Council is a short-sighted option i.e. a temporary solution to a permanent problem! Only a separate state can fulfill the aspirations of the people.
JOIN BARAK GANA PARISHAD. PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR SEPARATE BARAKLAND STATE.
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