DHUBRI, Nov 12: The AIUDF on Thursday threatened a statewide protest if the Assam government did not rehabilitate families evicted from Alamganj in Dhubri district.
AIUDF general secretary and spokesperson Rezaul Karim Sarkar made the statement after meeting the evicted families at Alamganj.
Sarkar demanded that the state government and the Chief Minister provide rehabilitation to the families. He said the party would launch protest programmes across the state otherwise.
He alleged that the families were suffering because they were Muslims. The AIUDF would stand with the evicted people and organise a street protest under the leadership of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, he said.
Sarkar said the party was not opposed to eviction from government land, but added that the authorities must rehabilitate the affected families.
“People from the majority community have received rehabilitation. Why should minority communities not get it?” Sarkar asked.
He said the party would not tolerate harassment of Assam residents and demanded an end to evictions across the state.
