Guwahati: Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), an ally in the Congress-led opposition in the state for the assembly elections, said the party does not oppose the delimitation of constituencies but do not support BJP’s conspiracy to strengthen Hindi-speaking states in the parliament.The party said the voice of the indigenous people of states like Assam will be completely silenced if the dominance of Hindi-speaking regions increases in the parliament.
In a joint statement, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan said, “We do not oppose the delimitation of constituencies, but we do not support BJP’s conspiracy to strengthen Hindi-speaking states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Parliament, thereby establishing a special dominance over the entire country.”“We have already witnessed the linguistic and cultural aggression of people coming from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Assam. It is unfortunate that in several constituencies in Assam, some individuals from Bihar and Rajasthan are contesting elections, who cannot speak Assamese properly and do not know anything about Assamese national values. If the dominance of Hindi-speaking regions increases in the Parliament, the voice of the indigenous people of Assam will be completely silenced in Delhi,” they added.They said a roadmap must be prepared to prevent the imposition of north Indian political influence from Delhi. “The constitutional protection of Assamese people must be ensured by implementing the recommendations of the BK Sharma Committee as per the 1985 Assam Accord,” they added. They demanded that legal safeguards must be provided to ensure that the dominance and importance of indigenous Assamese people in the state’s politics remain intact.“AJP makes it clear that Assam will never be allowed to become a political stepping stone for Bihar or Uttar Pradesh,” they added.
