GUWAHATI, March 21: In a significant move, ahead of the forthcoming State Assembly election to mount pressure on the State Government in favour of its various ‘long-standing demands,’ the State unit of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind is going to organize a conference as well as a public meeting at Guwahati on April 3. Interestingly, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Governor Lt. Gen (retired) Ajai Singh are scheduled to attend the ensuing meeting, said Hafiz Basir Ahmed, spokesperson of the State Jamiat.
"We are in touch with Prime Minister Manmohon Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and their participation along with some other central leaders in the ensuing meeting cannot be ruled out," Ahmed said. Moulana Asad Madani, national president of the Jamiat, will grace the occasion, he added.
According to Ahmed, a massive public meeting will be organized at the Sonaram School Field to mobilize public opinion in favour of the long-standing demands of Jamiat. "The government had given us several assurances before the last parliamentary election, but no positive signal has been received so far for addressing our long-standing demands," he said.
Following the five zonal conferences of the organization, the State leadership of the Jamiat is going to adopt a final resolution during the April 3 conference and submit it to the State Government, Ahmed said. The Jamiat will take up its next course of action after observing the government’s response to its demands, he added.
The demands of Jamiat include a final solution of the foreigner issue, updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on the basis of cut-off year as 1971, implementing the IM(DT) Act all over the country, publishing of a white paper on community-wise distribution of the government jobs, early solution of the flood and erosion problem of Assam and rehabilitation of riot-victim refugees camping in BTAD areas.
The Jamiat also demanded exclusion of villages which consist of 75 per cent or more non-Bodo population from the BTAD, Ahmed said.
Meanwhile, a 60-member reception committee headed by Hazi Imran Hussain, has been formed in a meeting held in the city yesterday, Rashidur Zaman, president of the Kamrup district committee of the Jamiat.
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