GUWAHATI, Oct 29 � The All Assam Students� Union (AASU) today demanded firm steps to root out the Islamic fundamentalists, including the Al-Qaeda, and their sponsors � the illegal Bangla migrants.
The student body has also demanded a high-level inquiry into the report telecast by a national television channel alleging involvement of Badruddin Ajmal, who is an MP from the State, in the training process of the jehadis from the State, in Bangladesh.
In a statement, the student body has alleged that because of the weakness of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi towards Bangladesh, the State is facing the imperious behaviour of illegal Bangla migrants and activities of Islamic fundamentalists.
The State Government has failed to honour the agreement reached among the Central Government, State Government and AASU to deport the post-1971 illegal migrants. The State Government led by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the past 13 years has not been able to ask the illegal migrants to leave the State, alleged the student body.
Meanwhile, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has demanded a high-level inquiry into the reports of growing activities of jehadis in the State and the training of jehadis of Assam-origin in Bangladesh.
AGP president Atul Bora said in a statement here that the quick rise in the jehadi activities in the State is a dangerous
phenomenon. Earlier also, there were reports of activities of the Islamic fundamentalists and HuJI in the State. Several HuJI members were also arrested, he pointed out.
Such fundamentalist activities in the State are being controlled from Bangladesh facilitated by the porous border of the State with the neighbouring country. The Government has all such information. But both the Central as well as the State Governments have not been taking any step to curb such activities and this has made the situation in Assam explosive, said Bora.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh today insisted on an inquiry into allegations that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had links with Bangladeshi jehadi elements.
BJP MP Bijoya Chakravarty said that the issue needs an investigation as it has been reported by one of the national TV channels that the IB has found links between the AIUDF and jehadis.
�If this is true, then it is a serious matter,� said Chakravarty, adding that if the report against Ajmal is true then the government should initiate stringent action against the leader.
Meanwhile, protests erupted across Assam against the AIUDF following the reports of the party supporting jehadis.
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Guwahati district committee demanded the arrest of Ajmal and a ban on the AIUDF. The committee also burnt the effigy of Ajmal as a mark of protest.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Bajrang Dal, Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and other organisations staged protests in Guwahati and other parts of the State demanding immediate action against Ajmal.
