Monday, January 08, 2007

Assam's hour of shame.....

The New Year has brought in a lot of bloodshed in its wake. Beginning with the startling revelations of the serial killers in the village of Nithari, Noida to the orgy of violence carried out by the outlawed ULFA in Assam. The recent massacres of the migrant workers from Bihar in Upper Assam are an act of cowardice of the ULFA in the face of its rejection from the popular masses. The People’s Consultative Group (comprising of a bunch of sycophants), who have been acting as mediators between the Government of India and the ULFA, have not raised their voice against these heartless killings. No longer do cries of human rights violations rent the air. Innocent migrant labourers do not seem to have “human rights” like the more privileged rebels in the state.

In their (ULFA’s) method in madness, a calculative strategy can be delineated. With the National Games in the offing as well as their sinking popularity, this act of terror seems to have been well thought out and pre-mediated. The Government is still waiting for additional security personnel. Why the presence of an already large police and paramilitary force in the state could not prevent the escalation of violence on successive days, is not known. Why couldn’t they contain it? How could the violence spread to other districts?

It is truly Assam’s hour of shame……