HINDUTVA - Indian Social Institute

door meet. Commandoes have thrown a security ring around the venue, the Shiv Shankar Baba Ashram
in view of Z plus category cover for the RSS supremo. (Times of India 2/11/12)
RSS demands deportation of Bangladeshi infiltrators (26)
CHENNAI: Holding that Bangladeshi infiltrators have spread all over the country, RSS on Saturday
demanded the Centre and state governments take steps to check the border, detect and deport them. "If
they (infiltrators) have got citizenship rights or other rights, they should be deprived. And ultimately, they
should be deported ... Central government should check the border ..." RSS all india joint secretary,
Krishna Gopal said. Briefing reporters on the second day proceedings of the RSS National Executive
Council meeting, he said "unabated influx" of infiltrators, who had settled not only in Assam but all over
the country, was a "serious threat" to national integration. To a query whether the situation was any better
during NDA rule, he said, "During the NDA government, fencing programme was going on better. And Mr
Advani (then deputy prime minister) had also issued orders to fence all the borders." A resolution passed
at the meet on the city outskirts condemned the July 2012 ethnic violence in Assam, alleging it was
migrant Bangaldeshi Muslims who had perpetrated it. "RSS strongly condemns the violence perpetrated
by Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts of Assam, the violent
demonstrations organised in various parts of the country and the conspiracy to terrorize the people of
North-East living in different parts of the country to flee from their places," it said. These were 'serious
challenge' to the country, it added. Holding that these 'infiltrators' had settled in large numbers in four
districts of Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD), it said they had "vitiated the social, cultural, natural,
economic, religious and political environment over there with far reaching consequences." (Times of India
3/11/12)
'Cong may play Hindutva card in panchayat polls' (26)
GUWAHATI: Will polarization of Muslim votes leave no option for Congress but to slyly play the Hindutva
card in the coming panchayat election scheduled next January? The probability is that the ruling party
might overstep the BJP and gun for Hindu votes, say political observers. The panchayat election will be
held in 21 districts; Badaruddin Ajmal's All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has influence in 11 of
these districts, which can prove to be a decisive factor in the poll results. At the micro-level, like the
panchayat election, the AIUDF influence is only set to increase. "Muslims no longer have the kind of trust
they used to have even a decade ago in the Congress. The recent riots in Bodo pockets have damaged
the Congress with regard to its support base among Muslims. If the party wants to win an election now, it
has to toil harder than before and find a way out if the Muslim voters do not stand by it," a political
observer said. The executive committee of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee is supposed to meet
after November 15 to plan the strategy for the coming rural polls. "This election is a precursor to the Lok
Sabha election due next year. We take every election very seriously," the source said. Chief minister
Tarun Gogoi, while releasing a white paper on the influx issue last month, made it clear that the Muslims
are not the vote bank of the Congress and said the party has always won elections mostly from upper
Assam. The Muslim population is higher in lower Assam districts than in upper Assam ones. The source
added that with the panchayat election drawing near, the AIUDF has resumed its pressure on the
Congress high command for some kind of electoral alliance with the ruling party. The source added that
Gogoi, however, continues to stick to his stand that he is not interested in any alliance with the AIUDF
and that he would only agree to a partnership if Ajmal considers merging his party with the Congress.
"Ajmal knows very well which cards to play. He knows his strengths and will make use of every
opportunity to leverage them to get cozy with the Congress, or for that matter, Gogoi," the source said.
According to the results of the last assembly election in 2011, the AIUDF, besides winning 18 of 126
seats, displayed its strong presence behind Congress in about 30 other seats. The Congress in 2011 won
78 seats and polled 39.42 per cent of the votes. The AIUDF polled 19.87 per cent of the votes, which was
a shade better than AGP's vote share of 19.72 per cent. (Times of India 7/11/12)