Post-Release, Akhil Gogoi Terms Dhubri Eviction ‘Barbaric’

Raijor Dal chief and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi has come out strongly against the ongoing mass eviction drive in Assam’s Dhubri district, calling it “inhuman, destructive, and communal in nature.” In a series of emotional Facebook posts on Tuesday, Gogoi condemned the state government’s actions and questioned the moral legitimacy of displacing thousands in the name of development.

Gogoi, who was earlier detained by Dhubri Police during his visit to the eviction site in Chapar, said he was forcibly removed from the district and dropped off in neighbouring Goalpara. “Dhubri police pushed me out of the district and left me in Goalpara. I am now on my way to attend a public meeting in Krishnai. But 11 of my fellow activists are still being held at the Chapar police station,” he wrote on Facebook.

In a searing second post that quickly went viral, the firebrand MLA lashed out at the government and appealed to the collective conscience of the people.

“This pain has no religion. This cry has no language. If your heart doesn’t ache witnessing this, you are not human. Eviction knows no caste, no creed — it is catastrophic, inhuman, and murderous,” Gogoi wrote.

Condemning what he alleged was a communal agenda behind the drive, Gogoi said: “If Muslims are being evicted so that Hindus vote in return, that vote is impure and immoral.”

His post further called on the Assam Chief Minister with a plea: “Honourable Chief Minister, how many more times will you turn Assam into a graveyard of humanity? Stop this illegal eviction. Give people the right to live—provide one katha of land and compensation if needed. Leave at least 500 bighas of land for the displaced families.”

Gogoi also shared a harrowing image of the eviction site from Santoshpur and Charuabakhra areas under the Chapar revenue circle, Dhubri, where bulldozers razed homes and left thousands homeless on July 8.

Assam’s Largest Eviction Drive Sparks Backlash

The Dhubri eviction operation is being described as the largest eviction drive in Assam’s history, reportedly displacing around 20,000 people—many of them from marginalized communities—across nearly 3,500 bighas of land. The government claims the land was illegally encroached upon and is being cleared for a proposed thermal power project, allegedly linked to the Adani Group.

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