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Assam minister attacked for slamming Badruddin Ajmal Qasmi
Sunday April 28, 2013 08:21:15 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: People
hurled shoes, sandals and empty water bottles at Assam Forest
Minister Rockybul Hussain in Western Assam's Chirang district
Sunday after he hit out at All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)
chief Moulana Badaruddin Ajmal in a speech.
Police controlled the irate mob at the event organised by the All
Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU).
"The minister was speaking about the efforts he had initiated to
restore normalcy during last year's ethnic riots between tribal
Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims in Bodoland. The minister said
that the Congress controlled the riots and that AIUDF leader only
did politics. This infuriated some AIUDF supporters and they
started hurling shoes and other things at the dais," said AAMSU
president Abdur Rahim.
The minister finished his speech abruptly. As he was leaving, some
people hurled mud and stones at him and his convoy.
"There is nothing new. Several Congress leaders have faced such
problems. There will always be some people who resort to this kind
of behaviour. We have to move on," Hussain said later.
Ajmal, who leads Assam's major opposition party AIUDF, has a
strong support base among Muslims in western Assam.
Ethnic riots between Bodos and Bengali speaking Muslim settlers in
Assam's Kokrajhar, Baksa and Dhubri districts last year left over
100 civilians killed and displaced close to five lakh people.
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