'We stopped evictions for three years': Badruddin Ajmal attacks Congress over Dhubri eviction drive

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has accused the Congress and the BJP of reaching an understanding over the recent eviction drive in Assam's Dhubri district, alleging that elected representatives from the region failed to stand up for affected families.

Reacting to demands for the rehabilitation of families displaced during the eviction drive in Gulabganj, Ajmal claimed that the Congress and the BJP had jointly facilitated the evictions, despite earlier resistance from his party.

Ajmal said that during his three-year tenure as Dhubri MP, along with the support of five AIUDF MLAs, he had prevented the government from carrying out evictions in the area on several occasions.

He alleged that eviction attempts were made four to five times under both Congress and BJP governments, but his party opposed them through protests and representations, including raising the matter in Parliament on at least 10 to 20 occasions.

The AIUDF leader accused the current MP, Rakibul Hussain, of failing to intervene or visit the affected areas to provide assistance to displaced families. He further alleged that Hussain had reached an understanding with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and remained silent during the eviction drive.

Ajmal also accused the Congress leadership of attempting to shift the responsibility for the evictions onto the AIUDF.

Demanding accountability, Ajmal called on Hussain to resign as Dhubri MP. He also demanded the resignation of the five MLAs representing the region, alleging that they had not even visited the eviction sites to assess the situation.