08-28-2012, 10:38 AM
Times of India = GUWAHATI: BJP senior leader S S Ahluwalia has raised doubts over the ongoing CBI probe into the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) violence, saying that he did not expect an impartial outcome from the investigation. He also asked the state government to initiate action against All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal alleging that his role for communalizing the BTAD violence should be investigated.
After his recent visit to the violence-affected Kokrajhar district, Ahluwalia said here on Monday that out of 309 cases registered in the violence, only seven were referred to the CBI. He also added that all the seven cases referred to the CBI were against Bodos.
"I want to ask why only seven out of 309 cases were referred to the CBI. And all the seven cases are against the Bodos. No cases against illegal Bangladeshis were referred to the investigation agency," Ahluwalia alleged.
The former deputy leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha also raised a finger of suspicion on the CBI Guwahati zone special director Salim Ali, demanding that he be replaced by someone else. Without elaborating on his reservation against Ali, Ahluwalia only asserted that Ali should not be allowed to investigate the cases of violence.
"My request is that Ali should be replaced by other official. By demanding Ali's replacement I am not saying that a Bodo official should be put in place. Rather I am asking for any non-Bodo official other than Ali," Ahluwalia demanded.
BJP also demanded that the role of AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal in communalizing the BTAD violence be investigated. At a time when chief minister Tarun Gogoi has appealed to all political parties to maintain a "ceasefire" on issuing provocative statements for the sake of bringing normalcy in BTAD, Ahluwalia claimed that majority of inmates of relief camps in Dhubri are Bangladeshi immigrants.
Even as different political and non-political parties are making fervent appeals for not communalizing the BTAD violence, Ahluwalia claimed that Hindus were being threatened in districts where they are in minority. The senior BJP leader demanded security of Hindus in Muslim-dominated districts of the state.
After his recent visit to the violence-affected Kokrajhar district, Ahluwalia said here on Monday that out of 309 cases registered in the violence, only seven were referred to the CBI. He also added that all the seven cases referred to the CBI were against Bodos.
"I want to ask why only seven out of 309 cases were referred to the CBI. And all the seven cases are against the Bodos. No cases against illegal Bangladeshis were referred to the investigation agency," Ahluwalia alleged.
The former deputy leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha also raised a finger of suspicion on the CBI Guwahati zone special director Salim Ali, demanding that he be replaced by someone else. Without elaborating on his reservation against Ali, Ahluwalia only asserted that Ali should not be allowed to investigate the cases of violence.
"My request is that Ali should be replaced by other official. By demanding Ali's replacement I am not saying that a Bodo official should be put in place. Rather I am asking for any non-Bodo official other than Ali," Ahluwalia demanded.
BJP also demanded that the role of AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal in communalizing the BTAD violence be investigated. At a time when chief minister Tarun Gogoi has appealed to all political parties to maintain a "ceasefire" on issuing provocative statements for the sake of bringing normalcy in BTAD, Ahluwalia claimed that majority of inmates of relief camps in Dhubri are Bangladeshi immigrants.
Even as different political and non-political parties are making fervent appeals for not communalizing the BTAD violence, Ahluwalia claimed that Hindus were being threatened in districts where they are in minority. The senior BJP leader demanded security of Hindus in Muslim-dominated districts of the state.