Guwahati: Three months after the eviction drive Dholpur In Assam’s Darrang district, minority families fear that their temporary home on the flood-prone banks of the Brahmaputra could become their permanent address.
From 23 families before 1971, the number of families affected by floods and erosion had grown to more than 1,500 in the area in five decades. Politicians from the ruling BJP also questioned the citizenship of many of the settlers, though they were later accepted as Indian citizens from Darrang and neighboring districts. Even as the government version retains the tag of encroachment, the Center for Minority Studies, Research and Development, Assam and the BTAD Citizen Rights Forum said in their report published on Thursday that nine of the 21 villages closely linked to Dhalpur There were villages. No population in 1971.
In 1971, five other villages near Dholpur had populations of less than 100. It said that heavy erosion, changing course of the river and heavy floods during the rainy season were the main reasons for making the area habitable. But, in any case, the study does not say that neo-Assamese Muslims or migrant Muslims, whose ancestors had migrated from erstwhile Bengal to British India, occupied one piece of land by forcibly displacing others.
The survey team found that 21 out of 517 families surveyed had bought their land in Dholpur before 1970. Between 1971 and 1980, 40 families bought land from Hindus as well as Assamese Muslims living nearby. The report states that though the sellers never visited Dholpur, they claimed that their ancestors were occupying the land, and thus transferred the ownership of the land by signing the sale documents on stamp paper.
From 23 families before 1971, the number of families affected by floods and erosion had grown to more than 1,500 in the area in five decades. Politicians from the ruling BJP also questioned the citizenship of many of the settlers, though they were later accepted as Indian citizens from Darrang and neighboring districts. Even as the government version retains the tag of encroachment, the Center for Minority Studies, Research and Development, Assam and the BTAD Citizen Rights Forum said in their report published on Thursday that nine of the 21 villages closely linked to Dhalpur There were villages. No population in 1971.
In 1971, five other villages near Dholpur had populations of less than 100. It said that heavy erosion, changing course of the river and heavy floods during the rainy season were the main reasons for making the area habitable. But, in any case, the study does not say that neo-Assamese Muslims or migrant Muslims, whose ancestors had migrated from erstwhile Bengal to British India, occupied one piece of land by forcibly displacing others.
The survey team found that 21 out of 517 families surveyed had bought their land in Dholpur before 1970. Between 1971 and 1980, 40 families bought land from Hindus as well as Assamese Muslims living nearby. The report states that though the sellers never visited Dholpur, they claimed that their ancestors were occupying the land, and thus transferred the ownership of the land by signing the sale documents on stamp paper.
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