Assam was always known for the strong bond of unity among all sections of people, but unfortunately, in recent years, the State has witnessed a series of ethnic violence involving people of different communities, which is very unfortunate and all political parties, social organisations etc must join hands to strengthen the traditional bond of unity among the people of Assam. It is a fact that the Government alone cannot strengthen the bond of unity among the people and all right thinking people as well as political parties and non-political organisations must play a positive role in this regard. Of course, the Government has to ensure that Assam does not witness any more ethnic clash and loss of life of innocents by dealing with anyone found to be involved in such clashes with strong hands as it is primarily the responsibility of the Government to ensure protection of life and property of the people, while, at the same time, no political party should try to gain political mileage out of the clashes. However, over the years, it is seen that the failure of the Government to act on time resulted in deterioration of the situation and the recent clashes in the districts of Udalguri and Darrang were prime examples of the failure of the administration to assess the situation on time to take adequate precautionary measures. The districts of Udalguri and Darrang witnessed violence for the first time in the month of August, but the Government failed to assess the situation, which resulted in escalation of the situation again in the first week of October and according to government records alone, at least 55 persons lost their lives, while, more than 1.50 lakh people were displaced.Since 1991, Assam witnessed a series of ethnic riots but unfortunately, successive Governments failed to take strong action against those allegedly involved in instigating people. The Government instituted a judicial probe into the riots in the districts of Nagaon and Dhubri in the early part of 1990s and reportedly, the Commission in its reports, indicted political leaders and Government officials. But successive Governments failed to take action against those indicted on the basis of the reports, which raised doubts on the sincerity of the Government in dealing with such unfortunate incidents of violence. Same was the case in dealing with those involved in the riots in the districts of Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon in 1996 as no action was taken on the basis of the report of the judicial probe. It seems that the Government orders judicial probes just to sweep the issues under the carpet as the reports of the judicial enquiry commissions are gathering dust for years. Government’s failure to deal with ethnic violence also came to the forefront during the riots between Karbi and Dimasa people in Karbi Anglong district as it was apparent that the members of militant outfits United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) and Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) were involved in the clashes. But at that time, both the outfits were under cease-fire agreement with the Government and one fails to understand how members of organisations under such agreements are involved in killing of innocents.
Courtesy:Editorial,The Assam Tribune,21-10-2008
The Misings are one of the constituent of Tani group of people.This TANI TRIBE lives alongwith their number of sub-groups in Upper Assam and parts of Arunachal Pradesh in India.They traced their root through ABOTANI-whom they considered the first man on earth.This belief is same to various Tani tribal groups counterpart of Arunachal Pradesh,India togetheer these people are called Tani people.
