AIUDF Accuses Assam Govt of Targeted Evictions, Draws Parallels with Gaza

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Assam government over the ongoing eviction drives in Goalpara, Dhubri, Kachutoli and adjoining areas, alleging that the BJP-led administration is deliberately targeting Muslim communities under the pretext of forest conservation.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Hatigaon, AIUDF legislators Rafiqul Islam, Aminul Islam, and Ashraful Hussain described the evictions as inhumane, unconstitutional, and politically motivated.

“Turning Citizens into Beggars”: Rafiqul Islam

AIUDF MLA Rafiqul Islam accused the state government of flouting court orders and deliberately conducting evictions during the judiciary’s vacation period.

“These are Indian citizens who have been paying land revenue for decades. The government is treating them like encroachers and leaving them to starve on the streets,” he said.

He alleged that the Forest Department had failed to produce accurate land records in court after residents challenged the evictions. According to him, many of the evicted areas are not classified as forest land, but were arbitrarily declared so by the administration.

Islam also raised the issue of unequal treatment, drawing parallels between global and domestic examples.

“If the Chief Minister, a native of Nalbari, can build a house in Guwahati, and Rishi Sunak can become the Prime Minister of the UK, then why can’t a poor person shift from one district to another within Assam?” he asked.

The AIUDF has demanded allotment of at least 7 bighas of land to every displaced family, in line with an earlier assurance allegedly made by the Chief Minister in the Assembly.

“If land can be gifted to Adani and Ambani, why can’t the government rehabilitate these homeless families?” he questioned.

“Evictions to Benefit Corporates”: Aminul Islam

AIUDF MLA and General Secretary Aminul Islam alleged that the ongoing evictions are a strategic move to clear land for corporate interests.

“The people need to ask—are these drives really about protecting the forests, or clearing land for Adani?” he said.

He termed the eviction of families from revenue villages, many of whom hold land pattas or tenancy documents, as an act of state-sponsored brutality.

“The government is holding the people of Assam hostage and trying to use fear, force, or emotional tactics to ensure electoral advantage in 2026,” he said, referring to a previous instance of communal unrest in Assam.

He also accused the government of weaponizing the issue of illegal immigration.

“For decades, poor Muslims have been harassed in the name of being Bangladeshis. Now, they are being bulldozed without notice,” he said.

Referring to a reported resort construction by the Chief Minister’s wife near Kaziranga’s elephant corridor, he questioned the government’s double standards:

“When the CM’s wife builds a hotel in a sensitive ecological zone, there’s no outcry. But when the poor build homes on revenue land, bulldozers are deployed.”

He went on to describe Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as “one of the most dangerous leaders in Assam’s modern history.”

“The government is trying to emotionally manipulate communities to grab power. This is not administration—it’s fascism,” he said, adding that “the CM has outdone even Hitler.”

“No Food, No Shelter, Only Bulldozers”: Ashraful Hussain

Chenga MLA Ashraful Hussain accused the administration of failing to ensure basic humanitarian support for those displaced.

“No food, no clothes, no shelter. The government has failed on all counts,” he said.

He warned that the current regime would go down in history as “cruel and thoughtless,” calling the CM a “modern-day Hitler” and a “brainless executioner.”

Hussain also hit out at the Congress party, accusing it of betraying minority voters.

“Congress won elections with Muslim votes but never gave them land rights. That’s why these families are suffering today,” he said.

He challenged senior Congress leader and MP Rakibul Hussain to face the evicted families directly if he had the courage, and criticised the party’s leadership for its silence.

“The Congress state president Gaurav Gogoi hasn’t spoken a single word in support of these people,” he added.

AIUDF Vows to Resist

Concluding the press meet, the AIUDF leaders collectively pledged to resist what they called the government’s “fascist and anarchic” actions. They called for judicial intervention and urged human rights bodies to take immediate notice of the evictions.

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