BPPF lashes out at Hagrama

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SRIRAMPUR, Feb 21 – “Hagrama Mahilary is acting like an autocrat in BTC. An armed organisation having indirect favour of the ruling BPF is carrying out activities like kidnapping and murder throughout BTAD”, so said ex-MP of the Rajya Sabha, U G Brahma on the prevailing condition of BTC in a public gathering held on the premises of Bhomrabil High School field recently.

The meeting organised by the Srirampr Anchalik Committee BPPF was presided over by Mainul Hoque Choudhury and attended by Rabiram Narzary, president, Central Committee BPPF, Mozaffar Hussain, central organising secretary and other central and district committee members. The ex-MP in his speech also accused the BTC authority of having indulged in knee-deep corruption. Brahma also accused S K Bwismuthiary (MP, Kokrajhar) who wants to make BTC a heaven now, have already spent ten years on the floors of Parliament but did not utter a single word for the non-Bodos living within BTAD.

While delivering welcome address Mozaffar Hussain said that Hagrama Mahilary was an extremist and his nature has not changed yet because he (Hagrama) and his ‘bahini’ still masterminds some heinous crimes like murder of innocent journalists and creating ethnic riots. Also he alleged that Hagrama Mahilary is using the Muslims and other non-Bodos as vote bank only. Rabiram Narzary in his speech mentioned that the BPF activists are playing foul politics and appealed to all sections of people particularly the minorities to select the right candidate in the following forthcoming Lok Sabha election.

Children’s plight: Greater Srirampur comprising about 15 villages have been neglected by the government since independence. The socio-economic condition of the people’s is very low. Many children born of poor parents in Srirampur and its adjoining area such as Simul Tapu, Dawaguri, Haraputa, Rangapara, Telipara, Bhomrabil, Jacobpur, Grahampur, Rangsupur and so on cannot continue their education because of poverty and are forced to work in the fields and private houses. Again those who migrated to the towns, are being exploited in the tea stalls, hotels, establishments, farms, factories and mills for long hours and in trying and unhealthy conditions. The brick-kilns and some tea gardens also use child labour. Besides the small (light) vehicles like Tata Sumo, Auto-rickshow, Tempo, Tata-Magic etc also appoint children as fare collectors. Small girls who work in other people’s homes are subjected to torture, exploited sexually and even killed.

Various NGOs and social organisations are trying to stop child labour but they are yet to create public awareness and motivate the masses against it. Local conscious citizens have demanded government steps to abolish child labour, implement the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act as well as to punish those related with child labour employment.source: assam tribune