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  • Assam merges 4 districts, adjustments jurisdiction of some villages forward of EC delimitation

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Assam authorities on Saturday determined to merge 4 districts with 4 others and adjusted the executive jurisdiction of some villages, a day earlier than the Election Commission’s freeze on redrawing administrative items comes into impact.

    Announcing this at a press convention right here after a gathering of the state cabinet, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned the choices have been taken with a heavy coronary heart preserving in thoughts the pursuits of Assam, its society and administrative exigencies.

    He added it was solely “temporary” and didn’t disclose the explanation behind the choice.

    “While Biswanath district will be merged with Sonitpur, Hojai will be merged with Nagaon, Bajali will be merged with Barpeta and Tamulpur will be merged with Baksa,” he mentioned.

    The choices needed to be taken on the cabinet assembly on Saturday because the Election Commission has imposed a ban on creating new administrative items in Assam from January 1, 2023, because the ballot panel will undertake the delimitation train within the state.

    The administrative jurisdiction of some villages and some cities have additionally been modified on the state cabinet assembly. The merged districts have been principally created within the latest previous and Sarma mentioned he needed to apologise to the folks of those districts however hoped that they might perceive the significance of the choices.

    The chief minister mentioned a group of state ministers will go to these districts and work together with main organisations and residents to clarify the explanations behind the choices which might’t be disclosed publicly.

    He, nevertheless, mentioned the police and judicial districts of the 4 merged districts will proceed as they’re together with different places of work and officers.

    The Election Commission on December 27 mentioned it initiated the delimitation of meeting and parliamentary constituencies in Assam and can use the 2001 census figures for the readjustment of seats. The Commission mentioned a ban has been put in place efficient January 1, 2023, on the creation of recent administrative items within the state until the train is accomplished.

    Under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972, the final delimitation of constituencies in Assam was effected on the premise of 1971 census figures by the then Delimitation Commission in 1976, the ballot panel famous. The transfer to redraw the meeting and parliamentary seats of Assam as per Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 has been initiated following a request from the Union Law Ministry.

    Delimitation is the method of fixing limits or boundaries of the territorial constituencies in a rustic or a state with a legislative physique.

    During the delimitation train, the Commission will take into accout the bodily options, present boundaries of administrative items, facility of communication and public comfort, and so far as practicable, the constituencies can be saved as geographically compact areas, the EC assertion famous.

    Once a draft proposal for the delimitation of constituencies is finalised by the Commission, will probably be printed within the central and state gazettes for inviting strategies and objections from most of the people.

    NEW DELHI: The Assam authorities on Saturday determined to merge 4 districts with 4 others and adjusted the executive jurisdiction of some villages, a day earlier than the Election Commission’s freeze on redrawing administrative items comes into impact.

    Announcing this at a press convention right here after a gathering of the state cabinet, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned the choices have been taken with a heavy coronary heart preserving in thoughts the pursuits of Assam, its society and administrative exigencies.

    He added it was solely “temporary” and didn’t disclose the explanation behind the choice.

    “While Biswanath district will be merged with Sonitpur, Hojai will be merged with Nagaon, Bajali will be merged with Barpeta and Tamulpur will be merged with Baksa,” he mentioned.

    The choices needed to be taken on the cabinet assembly on Saturday because the Election Commission has imposed a ban on creating new administrative items in Assam from January 1, 2023, because the ballot panel will undertake the delimitation train within the state.

    The administrative jurisdiction of some villages and some cities have additionally been modified on the state cabinet assembly. The merged districts have been principally created within the latest previous and Sarma mentioned he needed to apologise to the folks of those districts however hoped that they might perceive the significance of the choices.

    The chief minister mentioned a group of state ministers will go to these districts and work together with main organisations and residents to clarify the explanations behind the choices which might’t be disclosed publicly.

    He, nevertheless, mentioned the police and judicial districts of the 4 merged districts will proceed as they’re together with different places of work and officers.

    The Election Commission on December 27 mentioned it initiated the delimitation of meeting and parliamentary constituencies in Assam and can use the 2001 census figures for the readjustment of seats. The Commission mentioned a ban has been put in place efficient January 1, 2023, on the creation of recent administrative items within the state until the train is accomplished.

    Under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972, the final delimitation of constituencies in Assam was effected on the premise of 1971 census figures by the then Delimitation Commission in 1976, the ballot panel famous. The transfer to redraw the meeting and parliamentary seats of Assam as per Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 has been initiated following a request from the Union Law Ministry.

    Delimitation is the method of fixing limits or boundaries of the territorial constituencies in a rustic or a state with a legislative physique.

    During the delimitation train, the Commission will take into accout the bodily options, present boundaries of administrative items, facility of communication and public comfort, and so far as practicable, the constituencies can be saved as geographically compact areas, the EC assertion famous.

    Once a draft proposal for the delimitation of constituencies is finalised by the Commission, will probably be printed within the central and state gazettes for inviting strategies and objections from most of the people.

  • Raji Trophy: Manish Pandey slams 208 in 186 balls

    Manish Pandey slammed 14 fours and 11 sixes for an unbeaten double century (208 in 186 balls) in his one hundredth first-class match as Karnataka declared their first innings rating for a mammoth 603/7 towards Goa. Arjun Tendulkar picked two wickets for Goa.

    Brief Scores: Karnataka 603/7 declared(Manish Pandey 208 not out, Ravikumar Samarth 140; Darshan Misal 3/145, Arjun Tendulkar 2/79); Goa 45/1

    Rajasthan thump Puducherry

    Manav Suthar accomplished a match haul of 11 wickets to go with his unbeaten 96 as Rajasthan romped to a 101-run win over Puducherry.

    Brief Scores: Rajasthan 335; Puducherry: 104 all out (Manav Suthar 8/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/33) and following on 130; 40.1 overs (Arun Karthik 38; Mahipal Lomror 4/38, Suthar 3/29)

    Rohan Prem, Sachin Baby hit fifties for Kerala

    Kerala have been in full management towards Chhattisgarh on the finish of Day Two of their Ranji Trophy recreation at St Xavier’s College Ground in Thumba. Thanks to half-centuries by Rohan Prem and Sachin Baby, who each scored 77 every, and Sanju Samson’s 46, they put up 311 on the board, taking a first-innings lead of 162 runs.

    Brief scores: Chhattisgarh 149 & 10/2 path Kerala 311 (Rohan Prem 77, Sachin Baby 77, Sanju Samson 46; Sumit Ruikar 3/37) by 162 runs

    Ton-up Easwaran propels Bengal

    Abhimanyu Easwaran (170) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (104) scored centuries to place Bengal in a commanding place towards Nagaland at stumps on Day 2. After bowling out Nagaland for simply 166 of their first innings, Bengal put up a dominating present with the bat reaching 336/4 with an important 170-run first-innings lead on the finish of the day’s play.

    Brief Scores: Nagaland: 166 (Chetan Bist 64; Pradipta Pramanik 6/43) vs Bengal: 336 for 4 in 82 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 170, Sudip Gharami 104)

    Mura Singh flooring Punjab

    Manishankar Mura Singh (5/48) bagged his third five-wicket haul as Tripura bowled out Punjab for a paltry 203 of their first innings.

    Brief Scores: Punjab: 203 all out (Prabhsimran Singh 55; Mura Singh 5/48) vs Tripura: 17/0

    All-round Parag retains Assam in fray

    Riyan Parag’s (78 & 4/48) all-round efficiency saved Assam within the hunt towards Hyderabad. Resuming on the in a single day rating of 78 for 3, Hyderabad was bowled out for 208 with a slender 3 run first innings lead. Assam completed the day 179 forward with 4 wickets in hand.

    Brief Scores: Assam: 1st Innings 205 in 56.4 overs and 182/6 in 39 overs; Hyderabad: 1st Innings 208 all out in 66.5 overs (Rohit Rayudu 60; Riyan Parag 4/48, Mukhtar Hussain 3/62)

  • ‘Will harm sentiments’: Assam CM disassociates from SP’s letter searching for particulars on no. of church buildings

    Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “completely disassociated” himself from a letter of an SP of the police’s Special Branch that sought data from all SPs on non secular conversion and the variety of church buildings established of their respective districts previously yr.

    The letter was issued purportedly on December 16 and the SPs have been requested to submit their report together with ideas on “counter measures” by December 22.

    Sarma informed a information channel that after he had obtained a replica of the letter on Friday, he requested the DGP to conduct an investigation.

    “I think we should not ask for information like there are how many churches in Assam. This might hurt the sentiments of a particular religious community. We should avoid all these kinds of things,” the CM stated.

    “I don’t know in what context the SP issued the letter. I have asked the DGP to inquire and take corrective measures as we, in Assam, want to live in peace and harmony and don’t want to offend the religious sentiments of any community. I completely disassociate myself from the letter. It was never discussed in any government forum. The letter is wholly unwarranted,” Sarma stated. 

    He stated there’s a distinction between forceful conversion and in any other case. He stated Assam doesn’t have a regulation to manage conversion. 

    “Normally such letters go from the Home Department or the DGP if at all the government wants to issue such letters. But this letter has gone from the table of an SP of the Special Branch,” the CM stated.

    “Let me check the ground as to why it was issued. I want to clarify the position of the state government that we don’t want any survey on any religious institutions,” he added.

    The Assam Christian Forum stated it was aggrieved and pained on the “circular” that despatched a incorrect narrative to the society. 

    “The Christian community has contributed immensely to the Assamese society. We have got thousands of schools in Assam and the Northeast. We are at the forefront of nation-building. The last Chief Minister (Sarbananda Sonowal) was a product of the Don Bosco (Higher Secondary School), Dibrugarh,” the discussion board’s spokesperson Allen Brook informed this newspaper.

    Stating that he obtained calls from many Christian leaders, he stated the discussion board would “take up” the matter after Christmas.

    GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “completely disassociated” himself from a letter of an SP of the police’s Special Branch that sought data from all SPs on non secular conversion and the variety of church buildings established of their respective districts previously yr.

    The letter was issued purportedly on December 16 and the SPs have been requested to submit their report together with ideas on “counter measures” by December 22.

    Sarma informed a information channel that after he had obtained a replica of the letter on Friday, he requested the DGP to conduct an investigation.

    “I think we should not ask for information like there are how many churches in Assam. This might hurt the sentiments of a particular religious community. We should avoid all these kinds of things,” the CM stated.

    “I don’t know in what context the SP issued the letter. I have asked the DGP to inquire and take corrective measures as we, in Assam, want to live in peace and harmony and don’t want to offend the religious sentiments of any community. I completely disassociate myself from the letter. It was never discussed in any government forum. The letter is wholly unwarranted,” Sarma stated. 

    He stated there’s a distinction between forceful conversion and in any other case. He stated Assam doesn’t have a regulation to manage conversion. 

    “Normally such letters go from the Home Department or the DGP if at all the government wants to issue such letters. But this letter has gone from the table of an SP of the Special Branch,” the CM stated.

    “Let me check the ground as to why it was issued. I want to clarify the position of the state government that we don’t want any survey on any religious institutions,” he added.

    The Assam Christian Forum stated it was aggrieved and pained on the “circular” that despatched a incorrect narrative to the society. 

    “The Christian community has contributed immensely to the Assamese society. We have got thousands of schools in Assam and the Northeast. We are at the forefront of nation-building. The last Chief Minister (Sarbananda Sonowal) was a product of the Don Bosco (Higher Secondary School), Dibrugarh,” the discussion board’s spokesperson Allen Brook informed this newspaper.

    Stating that he obtained calls from many Christian leaders, he stated the discussion board would “take up” the matter after Christmas.

  • Opposition events fume as Assam govt ‘keeps in abeyance’ EWS job quota

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities’s choice to “keep in abeyance” the ten% quota in state authorities jobs for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) class has met with opposition.

    An “office memorandum” mentioned, “the Governor of Assam is pleased to keep the matter of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in direct recruitment in posts and services under Government of Assam in abeyance until further order.”

    This, nevertheless, shall not be relevant in these instances through which the vacancies have already been assessed and marketed. Also, the reservation for the EWS class will proceed for admission into academic establishments.

    In July this 12 months, the state cabinet had determined to increase the scope of the EWS quota. The eligibility standards as regards land – 15 bighas in rural areas and one bigha in city areas – was prolonged to 30 and two bighas respectively. The concept was to cowl extra folks.

    Earlier, the Supreme Court had upheld the constitutional validity of a ten% reservation for the “poorest of poor” among the many ahead castes.

    The opposition events are actually furious over the Assam authorities’s newest choice. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) seen it as an affront to the apex courtroom’s ruling. “We oppose the government’s decision to keep in abeyance the 10% job quota for the EWS category,” TMC’s Assam president Ripun Bora mentioned.

    He mentioned the state’s financial situation was precarious as the federal government spent extravagantly on numerous beneficiary schemes to get votes. “No matter how much Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma may try, he will not be able to hide the truth. People are no fools,” Bora mentioned.

    The Congress too blamed the beneficiary schemes for it. Another opposition get together, All India United Democratic Front, seen the choice as a blow to folks belonging to the EWS class.

    Assam was amongst 12 states and Union Territories which carried out 10% reservation of jobs for the EWS.

    GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities’s choice to “keep in abeyance” the ten% quota in state authorities jobs for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) class has met with opposition.

    An “office memorandum” mentioned, “the Governor of Assam is pleased to keep the matter of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in direct recruitment in posts and services under Government of Assam in abeyance until further order.”

    This, nevertheless, shall not be relevant in these instances through which the vacancies have already been assessed and marketed. Also, the reservation for the EWS class will proceed for admission into academic establishments.

    In July this 12 months, the state cabinet had determined to increase the scope of the EWS quota. The eligibility standards as regards land – 15 bighas in rural areas and one bigha in city areas – was prolonged to 30 and two bighas respectively. The concept was to cowl extra folks.

    Earlier, the Supreme Court had upheld the constitutional validity of a ten% reservation for the “poorest of poor” among the many ahead castes.

    The opposition events are actually furious over the Assam authorities’s newest choice. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) seen it as an affront to the apex courtroom’s ruling. “We oppose the government’s decision to keep in abeyance the 10% job quota for the EWS category,” TMC’s Assam president Ripun Bora mentioned.

    He mentioned the state’s financial situation was precarious as the federal government spent extravagantly on numerous beneficiary schemes to get votes. “No matter how much Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma may try, he will not be able to hide the truth. People are no fools,” Bora mentioned.

    The Congress too blamed the beneficiary schemes for it. Another opposition get together, All India United Democratic Front, seen the choice as a blow to folks belonging to the EWS class.

    Assam was amongst 12 states and Union Territories which carried out 10% reservation of jobs for the EWS.

  • Eviction drive to clear authorities, forest land in Assam will proceed: CM Sarma

    The chief minister cited a Gauhati High Court order to clear forest land from encroachment and stated the subsequent large eviction drive will happen in Goalpara district in Lower Assam.

  • Assam authorities carries out large eviction drive

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities on Monday carried out a large eviction drive in 4 villages of the Nagaon district.

    The settlers – migrant Muslims – had allegedly encroached upon authorities land measuring greater than 1,000 bighas. They had been settled there for the previous a few years.

    Earlier, the district administration had served notices on them to vacate the land. Apprehending bother, the authorities had clamped prohibitory orders underneath Section 144 of the CrPC and deployed over 800 police personnel. However, there was no resistance from the settlers throughout the drive.

    Special Director General of Police GP Singh stated the unlawful constructions had been demolished by utilizing bulldozers. “Around 70% to 80% of the settlers have patta land elsewhere. Despite that, they had encroached upon government land,” Singh informed journalists.

    Nagaon Superintendent of Police Leena Doley stated, “We did not face any resistance. People cooperated. There were altogether 302 structures. This morning, we found 72 structures. So, most people had left.”

    The encroachers had named the village “Jamai Basti.” The households used to reward a plot of land to males who married the ladies of the village.  “I heard the husbands of the village women kept staying here, so it was named Jamai Basti,” the SP stated.

    The web site of encroachment is close to the birthplace of saint-reformer Srimanta Sankardeva.

    Debananda Deva Goswami, who’s the “Satradhikar” of Batadrava Than, expressed happiness over the eviction drive. He was hopeful that folks can be evicted from the opposite encroached areas.

    The locals of a neighbouring village additionally appreciated the federal government. “We are happy that the illegal settlers have been evicted. They had lopped off numerous trees and settled down here,” a villager stated, including, “Our cattle will now be able to graze there.”

    An unlawful settler informed journalists the individuals evicted lived close to rivers and so they relocated to the place after being affected by the floods and erosion.

    GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities on Monday carried out a large eviction drive in 4 villages of the Nagaon district.

    The settlers – migrant Muslims – had allegedly encroached upon authorities land measuring greater than 1,000 bighas. They had been settled there for the previous a few years.

    Earlier, the district administration had served notices on them to vacate the land. Apprehending bother, the authorities had clamped prohibitory orders underneath Section 144 of the CrPC and deployed over 800 police personnel. However, there was no resistance from the settlers throughout the drive.

    Special Director General of Police GP Singh stated the unlawful constructions had been demolished by utilizing bulldozers. “Around 70% to 80% of the settlers have patta land elsewhere. Despite that, they had encroached upon government land,” Singh informed journalists.

    Nagaon Superintendent of Police Leena Doley stated, “We did not face any resistance. People cooperated. There were altogether 302 structures. This morning, we found 72 structures. So, most people had left.”

    The encroachers had named the village “Jamai Basti.” The households used to reward a plot of land to males who married the ladies of the village.  “I heard the husbands of the village women kept staying here, so it was named Jamai Basti,” the SP stated.

    The web site of encroachment is close to the birthplace of saint-reformer Srimanta Sankardeva.

    Debananda Deva Goswami, who’s the “Satradhikar” of Batadrava Than, expressed happiness over the eviction drive. He was hopeful that folks can be evicted from the opposite encroached areas.

    The locals of a neighbouring village additionally appreciated the federal government. “We are happy that the illegal settlers have been evicted. They had lopped off numerous trees and settled down here,” a villager stated, including, “Our cattle will now be able to graze there.”

    An unlawful settler informed journalists the individuals evicted lived close to rivers and so they relocated to the place after being affected by the floods and erosion.

  • Abandoned lady little one from Assam adopted by Spanish professor

    By PTI

    DIPHU: Abandoned at start by her organic dad and mom, a two-year-old little one from a distant space in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district has discovered house in distant Spain with a professor from the European nation formally adopting her on Tuesday.

    Maria Emngal Rams arrived at Dhansiri city of this hill district early on Tuesday morning and took custody of the minor after spending greater than two months for paperwork and different formalities.

    “The adoption process was done through CARA and after approving and verifying all documents, we handed the child to her new mother at a function here,” Sanju Bora, founder member of ‘Mission Concern’, an adoption company the place the kid was staying, mentioned.

    The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory physique of the union ministry of ladies and little one growth which features because the nodal physique to watch and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions.

    The adoption company official mentioned the kid was dropped at Mission Concern two years in the past in a critical situation.

    She was deserted by the roadside and ants had bitten by her flesh severely.

    She was supplied with medical remedy and care beneath the supervision of Ambika, whom the youngsters on the middle fondly check with as ‘Maa’ (mom).

    The toddler returned from the brink of demise and grew right into a wholesome little one, the official added.

    An emotional Ambika, who can be the chairman of Mission Concern which has been working with orphaned youngsters within the space since 2008 mentioned, “My gratitude to the people like Maria. A child who was left to die by the roadside at one time will now be a citizen of Spain thanks to such benevolent people,” she mentioned.

    Bora mentioned foreigners don’t hesitate to undertake youngsters who’ve disabilities or earlier medical circumstances.

    “Maria arrived with her sister Sonia and a translator Jamal Mursen and has now taken custody of the child. We organised a small function on the occasion in our center, which was attended by the top brass of the district civil and police administration,” he mentioned.

    District superintendent of police Sanjib Kumar Saikia and further assistant commissioner Nupur Bora formally handed the adoption papers to Maria Rams, Bora added.

    DIPHU: Abandoned at start by her organic dad and mom, a two-year-old little one from a distant space in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district has discovered house in distant Spain with a professor from the European nation formally adopting her on Tuesday.

    Maria Emngal Rams arrived at Dhansiri city of this hill district early on Tuesday morning and took custody of the minor after spending greater than two months for paperwork and different formalities.

    “The adoption process was done through CARA and after approving and verifying all documents, we handed the child to her new mother at a function here,” Sanju Bora, founder member of ‘Mission Concern’, an adoption company the place the kid was staying, mentioned.

    The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory physique of the union ministry of ladies and little one growth which features because the nodal physique to watch and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions.

    The adoption company official mentioned the kid was dropped at Mission Concern two years in the past in a critical situation.

    She was deserted by the roadside and ants had bitten by her flesh severely.

    She was supplied with medical remedy and care beneath the supervision of Ambika, whom the youngsters on the middle fondly check with as ‘Maa’ (mom).

    The toddler returned from the brink of demise and grew right into a wholesome little one, the official added.

    An emotional Ambika, who can be the chairman of Mission Concern which has been working with orphaned youngsters within the space since 2008 mentioned, “My gratitude to the people like Maria. A child who was left to die by the roadside at one time will now be a citizen of Spain thanks to such benevolent people,” she mentioned.

    Bora mentioned foreigners don’t hesitate to undertake youngsters who’ve disabilities or earlier medical circumstances.

    “Maria arrived with her sister Sonia and a translator Jamal Mursen and has now taken custody of the child. We organised a small function on the occasion in our center, which was attended by the top brass of the district civil and police administration,” he mentioned.

    District superintendent of police Sanjib Kumar Saikia and further assistant commissioner Nupur Bora formally handed the adoption papers to Maria Rams, Bora added.

  • Festering wounds of CAA protests preserve citizenship difficulty alive in Assam

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: Widespread protests in Assam after the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on this present day three years in the past have left behind a festering wound that has saved the citizenship difficulty alive within the northeastern state sharing an extended border with Bangladesh.

    The BJP authorities on the Centre asserts that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 shall be applied however is but to border the principles, resulting in allegations from varied quarters that the saffron occasion is utilizing it as a “political card” to polarise the nation.

    The Citizenship Act, of 1955 was amended to offer citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian non secular minorities fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and looking for refuge in India until 2014.

    The Opposition protested the Act as being based mostly on non secular standards and needed it to be amended.

    The protests towards the Act in Assam had been led by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) however the stir was completely different from these in different components of the nation as agitators asserted that the state can’t be a dumping floor for foreigners regardless of their faith.

    The agitation in Assam had turned violent, with 5 folks shedding their lives in police firing and KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi and 4 others being arrested. The stir was referred to as off with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In the aftermath of the agitation, two new political events — Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) led by the then AASU chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi and Raijor Dal headed by Akhil Gogoi — had been born in Assam.

    “The BJP uses CAA as a political tool, particularly during elections, and it has not framed the rules as it wants to keep the ‘foreigners’ issue’ alive in Assam. What’s worse is that the party has brought a communal angle through the Act with its narrative ‘Hindu khatre mein hain’ (Hindus are in danger),” AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi instructed PTI.
    ALSO READ | No CAA rollout, but MHA strikes to grant citizenship

    The CAA has made the Assam Accord and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) irrelevant, he claimed.

    “The Centre must give constitutional safeguards to Assam like those accorded to other northeastern states against further settlement of ‘foreigners’ as those who came after 1971 – Hindu ‘Bangladeshis’ or others – cannot be rehabilitated in our state,” Raijor Dal working president Bhasco de Saikia stated.

    “We are firm on our opposition to the Act which we consider to be a part of the BJP’s communal politics and if they frame the rules, the ‘foreigners’ should be taken to other states,” Saikia stated.

    The RSS and the BJP, nevertheless, asserted that each the CAA and NRC usually are not towards any Indian and that the communal narrative has been created “by some” for political mileage.

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat identified right here final 12 months that no Muslim will face any persecution as a result of CAA.

    Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had additionally asserted that the CAA is for individuals who are “victims of Partition and persecuted in a communal country created on the basis of religion.”

    Sarma had claimed that “so-called secular protesters” on the nationwide degree tried to present a communal color to the protests in Assam.

    Political author and analyst Sushanta Talukdar stated the federal government has been delaying the implementation of CAA as it’s cautious of antagonistic reactions in Assam and Tripura the place the ruling BJP has excessive stakes.

    “The Centre is apprehensive of exposing linguistic and ethnic fault lines in the Northeast and antagonising its own and alliance partners’ electoral support base because, without adequate constitutional safeguards, the Act could lead to the marginalisation of indigenous people by the migrant population which might result in their loss of political power and identity,” Talukdar added.
    ALSO READ | ‘Won’t settle for foreigners’: Voices towards CAA get louder 

    GUWAHATI: Widespread protests in Assam after the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on this present day three years in the past have left behind a festering wound that has saved the citizenship difficulty alive within the northeastern state sharing an extended border with Bangladesh.

    The BJP authorities on the Centre asserts that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 shall be applied however is but to border the principles, resulting in allegations from varied quarters that the saffron occasion is utilizing it as a “political card” to polarise the nation.

    The Citizenship Act, of 1955 was amended to offer citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian non secular minorities fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and looking for refuge in India until 2014.

    The Opposition protested the Act as being based mostly on non secular standards and needed it to be amended.

    The protests towards the Act in Assam had been led by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) however the stir was completely different from these in different components of the nation as agitators asserted that the state can’t be a dumping floor for foreigners regardless of their faith.

    The agitation in Assam had turned violent, with 5 folks shedding their lives in police firing and KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi and 4 others being arrested. The stir was referred to as off with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In the aftermath of the agitation, two new political events — Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) led by the then AASU chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi and Raijor Dal headed by Akhil Gogoi — had been born in Assam.

    “The BJP uses CAA as a political tool, particularly during elections, and it has not framed the rules as it wants to keep the ‘foreigners’ issue’ alive in Assam. What’s worse is that the party has brought a communal angle through the Act with its narrative ‘Hindu khatre mein hain’ (Hindus are in danger),” AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi instructed PTI.ALSO READ | No CAA rollout, but MHA strikes to grant citizenship

    The CAA has made the Assam Accord and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) irrelevant, he claimed.

    “The Centre must give constitutional safeguards to Assam like those accorded to other northeastern states against further settlement of ‘foreigners’ as those who came after 1971 – Hindu ‘Bangladeshis’ or others – cannot be rehabilitated in our state,” Raijor Dal working president Bhasco de Saikia stated.

    “We are firm on our opposition to the Act which we consider to be a part of the BJP’s communal politics and if they frame the rules, the ‘foreigners’ should be taken to other states,” Saikia stated.

    The RSS and the BJP, nevertheless, asserted that each the CAA and NRC usually are not towards any Indian and that the communal narrative has been created “by some” for political mileage.

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat identified right here final 12 months that no Muslim will face any persecution as a result of CAA.

    Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had additionally asserted that the CAA is for individuals who are “victims of Partition and persecuted in a communal country created on the basis of religion.”

    Sarma had claimed that “so-called secular protesters” on the nationwide degree tried to present a communal color to the protests in Assam.

    Political author and analyst Sushanta Talukdar stated the federal government has been delaying the implementation of CAA as it’s cautious of antagonistic reactions in Assam and Tripura the place the ruling BJP has excessive stakes.

    “The Centre is apprehensive of exposing linguistic and ethnic fault lines in the Northeast and antagonising its own and alliance partners’ electoral support base because, without adequate constitutional safeguards, the Act could lead to the marginalisation of indigenous people by the migrant population which might result in their loss of political power and identity,” Talukdar added.ALSO READ | ‘Won’t settle for foreigners’: Voices towards CAA get louder 

  • HIV circumstances in Assam surge with 2,269 extra testing optimistic since April 

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: Since April, 2,269 individuals have examined optimistic for HIV in Assam, which is way greater than the earlier two years, in response to official information.

    A complete of 5,57,747 samples have been examined from April to October this yr. Of that, 2,269 samples turned out to be optimistic for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), in response to the Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS).

    Among these sufferers have been 131 pregnant girls, it stated.

    In 2021-22, a complete of two,366 HIV circumstances have been detected within the state, whereas it was simply 1,288 in 2020-21.

    ASACS Assistant Director Rajib Sarma stated Assam has 25,073 individuals dwelling with HIV (PLHIV) as per NACO HIV Estimation Report 2021.

    “Out of this, 45 per cent of PLHIVs are female. Children living with HIV is 3 per cent,” he added.

    The whole variety of individuals alive by taking Anti-Retroviral remedy (ART) is 10,765 within the state.

    “The HIV prevalence rate in India is 0.21 per cent and the same rate in Assam is 0.09 per cent,” Sarma stated.

    As far because the HIV prevalence within the districts is worried, Kamrup Metropolitan has the utmost variety of circumstances at 7,610, adopted by Cachar at 5,200 circumstances, Nagaon at 1,602 circumstances and Dibrugarh at 1,402 circumstances.

    “81.63 per cent is transmitted through the heterosexual route, 5.54 per cent is through HIV-infected syringe and needles, parent to child is 4.76 per cent, through homosexual route is 4.61 per cent, 0.85 per cent through blood and blood products, and 2.61 is not specified,” Sarma stated.

    To create HIV consciousness among the many individuals, the ASACS is utilizing the press, out of doors promoting, people arts and social media, amongst others.

    GUWAHATI: Since April, 2,269 individuals have examined optimistic for HIV in Assam, which is way greater than the earlier two years, in response to official information.

    A complete of 5,57,747 samples have been examined from April to October this yr. Of that, 2,269 samples turned out to be optimistic for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), in response to the Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS).

    Among these sufferers have been 131 pregnant girls, it stated.

    In 2021-22, a complete of two,366 HIV circumstances have been detected within the state, whereas it was simply 1,288 in 2020-21.

    ASACS Assistant Director Rajib Sarma stated Assam has 25,073 individuals dwelling with HIV (PLHIV) as per NACO HIV Estimation Report 2021.

    “Out of this, 45 per cent of PLHIVs are female. Children living with HIV is 3 per cent,” he added.

    The whole variety of individuals alive by taking Anti-Retroviral remedy (ART) is 10,765 within the state.

    “The HIV prevalence rate in India is 0.21 per cent and the same rate in Assam is 0.09 per cent,” Sarma stated.

    As far because the HIV prevalence within the districts is worried, Kamrup Metropolitan has the utmost variety of circumstances at 7,610, adopted by Cachar at 5,200 circumstances, Nagaon at 1,602 circumstances and Dibrugarh at 1,402 circumstances.

    “81.63 per cent is transmitted through the heterosexual route, 5.54 per cent is through HIV-infected syringe and needles, parent to child is 4.76 per cent, through homosexual route is 4.61 per cent, 0.85 per cent through blood and blood products, and 2.61 is not specified,” Sarma stated.

    To create HIV consciousness among the many individuals, the ASACS is utilizing the press, out of doors promoting, people arts and social media, amongst others.

  • Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Ruturaj Gaikwad shines as Maharashtra, Saurashtra arrange finals conflict

    Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Maharashtra and Saurashtra defeated Assam and Karnataka respectively and superior to the ultimate of the 50-over match.

    UPDATED: Nov 30, 2022 20:52 IST

    VHT 2022: Ruturaj Gaikwad shines as Maharashtra, Saurashtra arrange finals conflict. Courtesy: PTI

    By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: After smashing a double century within the quarter-final towards Uttar Pradesh, Ruturaj Gaikwad was once more the star of the present, this time within the semis of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022.

    On Wednesday, November 30, Gaikwad scored 168 runs off 126 and starred in Maharashtra’s 12-run win over Assam. Gaikwad’s knock, laced with 18 fours and 6 sixes, helped his workforce rating 350 for the lack of seven wickets after being put in to bat first.

    Thereafter, Maharashtra restricted Assam to 338 for eight. Swarupam Puryakastha scored 95 runs, however his valiant efforts for Assam couldn’t pay dividends.

    Rajvardhan Hangargekar, who performed for India within the U19 World Cup earlier this 12 months, picked up 4 essential wickets, though he conceded 65 runs. Maharashtra defeated Assam by 12 runs on the Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad.

    In the opposite semi-final, Saurashtra beat Karnataka by 5 wickets on the Narendra Modi Stadium A Ground in Ahmedabad. Jaydev Unadkat’s males are actually scheduled to lock horns with Maharashtra within the closing on Friday, December 2 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

    After opting to discipline first, Saurashtra bowled Karnataka out for 171 in 49.1 overs. Skipper Unadkat led from the entrance and picked up 4 wickets for 26 runs with two maidens in 10 overs.

    Ravikumar Samarth scored 88 runs for Karnataka, however he didn’t get an entire lot of help from his teammates. Saurashtra misplaced the early wickets of Harvik Desai and Sheldon Jackson with no runs on the board, however a 75-run stand for the third wicket between Jay Gohil and Samarth Vyas introduced them again into the competition.

    Thereafter, Saurashtra chased the goal down in 36.2 overs with 82 balls to spare.

    Edited By:

    sabyasachi chowdhury

    Published On:

    Nov 30, 2022