Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed arrested over derogatory comments against martyrs of Assam !

 

 

Assam Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed has been arrested from his official residence in Guwahati for making provocative derogatory comments against Martyrs of Assam Agitation . He claimed that the eight people who died during the 1983 violence in Chalkhowa in Darrang district were not “martyrs” but “killers”, since they were also responsible for the death of many others from the Miya (Bengali-speaking Muslim) community. He was referring to an episode of violence in Sipajhar area between the protestors of the Assam Agitation and the “immigrant” community. He claimed that the Miya community had killed the eight Assamese youths in order to “save themselves”. Assam agitation or the Anti-Foreigners Agitation that started in the late 70s was a movement in Assam demanding detection of illegal immigrants living in Assam, deletion of their names from voter list and deportation to Bangladesh. In that Agitation , More than 800 people were killed in police actions aimed to control protests and agitations, and they are now considered as ‘Sahid’ or martyrs by the people of Assam and all major political parties.