Islamization of Northeast India no Coincidence
July 5, 2010 by Dr. Richard L. Benkin
Filed under Dr. Richard L. Benkin, Guest column
On February 15, 2010, I sat in a cab while it made its way through a traffic-clogged Kolkata to the office of Bimal Pramanik director of the Kolkata-based Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations. Pramanik expressed serious concerns about the decades-long pattern of demographic changes in West Bengal (and Assam), and we discussed the context in which we can better understand them. Amitabh Tripathi, founder of the South Asia forum and a tireless activist in the fight against radical Islam, arranged the meeting and was a key participant in it. Read more
Badruddin Ajmal launches national political party
February 2, 2009 by SAF Desk
Filed under News at a glance
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) led by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, president of Assam Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind, today announced the formation of a national political party which will field candidates in the coming Lok Sabha elections in at least six states.
Announcing the launch of the party at Press Club of India in New Delhi today, perfume baron and AUDF leader Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said the party will field candidates in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra besides Assam. Very soon the party will form a political affairs committee which will decide about the seats.
I appeal to all secular parties to join UDF which will be representing Muslims, backward classes and poor sections of the society,†said Maulana Ajmal. While he said he was not much hopeful about big secular parties he will be ready to share power with UPA, NDA minus BJP and Third Front. He, however, made it clear that he will continue to oppose Congress in Assam whose policies, he said, are anti-Muslims. He said he will have no truck with BJP or any communal parties in Assam or anywhere.
On the fact that at election times several parties emerge and make big announcements, he said people should not compare AUDF with such parties. AUDF was formed in October 2005 and in the Assembly elections held three months later, it won 10 seats. “Congress has been frightening Muslims that if they did not vote for it, BJP will come to power. We opposed both Congress and BJP in Assam and won 10 seats,†he said. AUDF got 50 lakh votes, that is 18% of cast votes.