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GUWAHATI: The BJP-led Assam government is contemplating to introduce a law to halt further transfer of land ownership from natives to non-natives with the objective of securing land still in possession of the indigenous people of the state.
BJP formed its first government in the state in 2016 riding its powerful pledge in the election to protect Assam’s ‘jati (identity), mati (land) and bheti (homeland)’ from “cultural invasion” by Bengali-speaking Muslims from Bangladesh. Protection of identity of the indigenous people of the state and protection of their culture is still the broad focus of BJP.
Cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while taking part in the All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union’s 20th Kendriya Swahid Divas Udjapon at Golokganj in Dhubri district on Wednesday appealed to the Koch Rajbongshi people not to sell off whatever land is with them.
Explained | The Owaisi factor in poll-bound Bengal
The AIMIM made a debut in the Bihar Assembly through the Kishanganj bypoll in October last year. Like Bihar, Owaisi has been working in West Bengal for quite some time. The AIMIM is gearing up for its new mission for which the party held its first meeting with its Bengal unit in Hyderabad on Saturday.
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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (Photo: PTI)
Bihar gave Asaduddin Owaisi a high five in the recently concluded Assembly elections, sending five All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislators to its House. From Bihar, Owaisi hopes to catapult his success into West Bengal where a high-stakes electoral battle is coming up.
From Segregation to Labour, Manuâs Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System
In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Rights10/Dec/2020
This article, part of the series ‘BarredâThe Prisons Project’, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
New Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore: On his first day at the Alwar district prison, Ajay Kumar was gearing up for the worst. Torture, stale food, biting cold and harsh labour â Bollywood had already acquainted him with the grisly realities of jails. â
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