Assam violence Probe into the killing of 30 civilians in the Assam`s Bodo-majority districts was handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday as 22 people were arrested in connection with the violence.
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Abdur Rahim: Amaat-e-Islami-Hind Assam condemns the killing of Innocent Muslims at BTAD. Jamaat believes that it is a communal and political killing.
It appeals to the people of Assam to work for brotherhood and peace.
It appeals to the Bodo people to stand together against terrorism.
It appeals to muslims to maintain peace and not choose the path of violence. It put demands to govt. to help the victims financialy.
It appeals to the government to take all measures to stop more killings.
Seize all unauthorised weapon. And make society free of violence and illegal weapon.
It appeals to govt. to handover the case to CBI.
A political blame game over the Assam violence erupted on Saturday with BJP faulting “vote- bank” politics of Congress governments at the Centre and the state and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference holding Narendra Modi responsible.
Against the backdrop of the violence in Bodo areas that left 32 people dead since Thursday, senior Congress leader and Union Minister Kapil Sibal took a swipe at Narendra Modi, saying Modi stands for ‘Model of Dividing India’ and accused BJP leaders of playing the “communal card” to garner votes.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on his part asked BJP not to politicise the situation and said his track record in maintaining law and order was better than BJP-ruled Gujarat.
“It is my charge that in Assam what is happening is because of the vote-bank politics of Congress,” BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged at a news conference in Delhi.
Prasad alleged that the Congress had not taken adequate timely steps to prevent the riots after two similar episodes earlier.
He also questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who represents Assam in the Rajya Sabha, as to what he had done in the last 10 years to ensure effective law and order in the state which has seen repeated incidents of clashes between Bodos and immigrant Bangladeshis.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah blamed Modi, the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, for the violence.
“In Assam, 30 Muslims were murdered. Why?
Because BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi made a speech there and tried to incite people against Muslims. This is a fact. This truth cannot be denied,” Omar told an election rally at Tangmarg in Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.
Omar said that Modi, in his election rally in Assam three days earlier, had branded all Muslims living in that state as “Bangladeshis”, which resulted in the attacks on them.
“Three days earlier, he (Modi) went there and branded all Muslims as Bangladeshis and today 30 Muslims have been put to sleep in the grave,” he added.
Prasad attacked Sibal and Abdullah for targeting Modi over the violence and said such allegations are unfounded and baseless.
On Abdullah’s remarks, he said, “I think Omar Abdullah is not being taken seriously even by the people of his own state.