Friday, November 16, 2012

Biman Basu Visits Assam’s Camps with Relief and Solidarity of West Bengal

Biman Basu, member of Polit Bureau and the Secretary of West Bengal State Committee of the CPI(M) has visited the relief camps of Assam and conveyed the solidarity and distributed relief material collected in West Bengal to the homeless people who are still in relief camps as a result of violent ethnic strife since July 2012. Earlier Prakash Karat visited Assam to distribute relief and interacted with people in the camps.

Biman Basu along with Md. Salim, Central Committee Member of CPI(M) had visited 2 relief camps situated at Bilasipara of Dhubri District and some other camps at Nayapara and Bhutuni of Chirang District of Assam. Uddhab Barman, the Secretary of Assam State Committee of the CPI(M) and other Party leaders were present throughout the their visit in the relief camps.


Biman Basu met the affected people and distributed the relief collected by the workers of the CPI(M) in West Bengal. The homeless people in the camps have expressed their dissatisfaction about the inadequate relief by State Government to Basu and other Party leaders. The affected people told Basu and other Party leaders that the ration has been completely stopped to the affected people merely surviving at various relief camps after the Eid festival. They are living in the camps with insufficient supply of food and clothes. With the advent of winter the condition has further deteriorated. The Congress Government of Assam is not showing enough seriousness either to ensure the adequate relief or safe rehabilitation of the affected people. In two-day visit Basu and other Party leaders have distributed almost 1200 blankets among the riot-affected people of Assam. Basu has demanded all kinds of Government relief to the affected people who have become homeless at the ethnic strife. He said that the People of West Bengal and the Leftist throughout the country would always remain beside the people of Assam. The Central and the State Government must ensure the protection of all irrespective of caste creed and ethnicity. The Left Parties will raise the issue in the parliament in its coming session.


During his visit Basu participated in a public meeting called by the Party at Bilasipara Public Maidan and told that both the Congress and BJP are playing the role to divide the people. RSS is also active behind the ethnic strife of Assam. Tripathnath Chakrovorty, The Secretary of CPI(M) Dhubri District Committee had presided over the public meeting. Basu has also addressed in a meeting of party workers and sympathisers at Bongaigaon wherein he criticised role of the BJP and Congress and also demanded the arrest and punishment of those who have created the ethnic strife in Assam. He also criticised the neo liberal policy of the UPA 2 Government called for a vigorous fight against the policy.


It is relevant to mention that the situation of Assam has been deteriorated after killing of three innocent farmers by the rioters in Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar Districts. During his visit Biman Basu and other party leaders have criticised the ruthless killings of the innocent peasants and demanded the exemplary punishment to the culprits.

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