[ALOCHONA] Re: Moeen U Ahmed in Kuwait

Dear Alochok Saeed

Our disagreement over hotels is not about minimum standards - it is
about the highest standards. I said the Sheraton was the most
prestigious hotel in Kuwait and you seek to cast doubt on me by
deeming even this harmless statement to be either an exaggeration or
lie!

The fact that nobody asked me why the Crowne Plaza was hired does not
stop me from stating why it was hired. It was hired because it is the
cheapest five star hotel in Kuwait.

Under the nethri system lakhs of ordinary citizens are harassed
because of their political opinions. People lose land, jobs, legal
protection, state protection, business opportunities etc – just
because they oppose the ruling party and its nethri. Be honest about
the condition of the country. I was not writing about my own
security – I was advising others to be careful. You don't need to
worry about your own security I think as long as you continue to diligently avoid talking real politics.

Yes, I am very afraid of the possibility that a nethri might come to
power because I think it will be terrible for the country. You on the
other hand, well I have no idea what you think… But you are probably
a Nethrist…

Sorry, what do you mean real identity? You don't even state your own
political views or your own identity but you go around questioning
other people's views and identities. It's so typical of so many
people nowadays who promote their own political agenda only by
attacking others – never explaining their own positions and
pretending to be neutral. Neutered is a better word than neutral.

200 is indeed a small gathering. God only knows what your idea of a
big gathering is! Though I'm sure if a better hotel was chosen there
would have been more room :)

The brave General came to Kuwait on the invitation of the Kuwait Army
to discuss issues relating to the Bangladesh Army personnel serving
in Kuwait. He, and the professional community here, took that
opportunity to have a dialogue. Its simple.

Accessing the VIP lounge is not a matter of sneaking in through the
back door – it is simply a matter of getting a pass sponsored by
either the VIP party or the host party. I think you know how easy it
is to get a pass if you know the right people. See how many party
fruitcakes and party dalals turn up in the VIP lounge when an AL or
BNP MP or Minister turns up :)

I think Nizami should be tried for war crimes and would disagree with
Mr Bhuiyan if he thought otherwise. I congratulate General Moeen on
at least showing the way that Nizami, on whatever grounds, can at
least be arrested. The Nethris never had the courage, or the
character, to do anything. The arrest of Nizami is not a ploy to
divert attention. The public's demands for the trial of war
criminals, and their exclusion from elections, remains intact – even
reinvigorated after the arrest of Nizami.

In the end I thank you for your interest in my money. I spend it at
the Crowne Plaza instead of the Sheraton, because with the money thus
saved I can buy another plane ticket to Bangladesh :)

There are minimum standards and highest standards in politics – and
in hotels. Though I appreciate standards in hotels are easier to
discuss than standards in your preferred political party :)

I remain in good humour and hope you are too.

Best Regards

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "saeedurrehman92"
<saeedurrehman92@...> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Mr. Ejazur
>
> I thank you for your advisory words to Mr. Bhuiyan. I believe he
owes it
> from you because you and him are living in the same country.
>
> Mr. Ejazur should I remind you very humbly that every 5 star hotel
> (everywhere, and not only in Kuwait) has a minimum standard and
that is
> why it is categorized as a 5 star hotel. And why are so defensive?
> Nobody asked you why it was hired for the brave Gen.'s meeting. Of
> course there are many places in Kuwait which are cheaper than and
better
> than the 5 star hotel you mentioned.
>
> Sorry to say it Mr. Ejazur, but it is clear that you think yourself
a
> celebrity. Come `n man be brave like our beloved General. Deep in
> your conscious or subconscious you still think one of the nethris
will
> come to power again. And if you are identified now, you will be
harassed
> then. Mr. Ejazur, please don't be a paranoid. Don't feel
> yourself that important. Believe you me nobody will bother to
harass men
> like you and me for their political believes. By the way what is
your
> real identity?
>
> Should I remind you again, Kuwait is also part of this world. Many
> Bangladeshis still live there. (I am not talking about our unskilled
> brothers). Surely they are more than 200. Who picked those 200 and
on
> what criteria?And you call 200 a smallest gathering. Give me break
man.
> And why the brave Gen. and if he is really brave, did not been to
Saudi
> Arabia or to Bahrain. We have more problems with our expatriate
> community than in Kuwait.
>
> My intention is not to embarrass you but fact is that nobody, unless
> authorized, is allowed to enter the VIP lounge of Kuwait Airport.
Not to
> talk about entering, he is not even allowed to drive on the road
leading
> to VIP lounge. Mr. Ejazur you admitted in the past that you do
> exaggerate but don't lie. In what category it falls, exaggeration or
> a lie. Is not it clear to everybody that Mr. Bhuiyan exaggerate (or
lie)
> like you so you have come for his rescue as he does not have any
answer
> to any of the questions.
>
> I am not a supporter of Jamaat-i-Islami but I believe that Mr.
Nizami
> should have been behind bars not for GATCO but for war crimes. Mr.
> Bhuiyan, you call Gen. a very brave man. You are a very die-hard
> supporter of Jamaat. So you endorse that Nizami was corrupt or you
think
> it is a ploy of the brave General to divert public attention and to
stop
> people calling for war criminal trials.
>
> In the end Mr.Ejazur, please don't spend your money in Crowne Plaza
> Hotel. Go to Fahaheel to Ali Baba hotel. The money thus saved can be
> used for the country.
>
>
>
> Saeed
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <ezajur.rahman@> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mohammed Ramjan
> >
> > You were indeed unfortunate to attend the reception at the Crowne
> > Plaza - the General gave an excellent speech! There were only 200
> > guests as space was limited but everyone certainly had a
thoroughly
> > refreshing evening - the community spoke about the problems of our
> > labourers and the General spoke about efforts underway to fix
some of
> > the problems. This would never have been possible under a
political
> > government because the crooks are all politically protected : )
> >
> > Come on man! The Crowne Plaza is a fine hotel but it is probably
the
> > cheapest five star hotel in Kuwait! Sheesh. It was hired solely
> > because it was the cheapest :D I've hired the same ballroom used
for
> > Mooen U Ahmed's reception several times - because it was the
> > cheapeast :D
> >
> > Be careful about giving too much personal information on these
> > forums - there are real people who provoke you for an answer only
to
> > identify you. So that when their Nethri comes to power they will
> > harass you. I don't give a rats backside about such challenges
but I
> > am also a reckless person too. Be careful.
> >
> > I know one person who managed to access the VIP lounge and give
their
> > regards to Moeen U Ahmed. Its not so difficult. As if the VIP
Lounge
> > of ZIA Airport cannot be accessed! Yes Kuwait is part of the
> > world :)
> >
> > Write to me directly and lets meet up! And we can have a nice
cheap
> > meal at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and discuss who supports which
nethri
> > on the internet but is too ashamed to actually say it : )
> >
> > Have a nice day
> >
> > Ezajur Rahman
> > Kuwait
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > alochona@yahoogroups.com, "saeedurrehman92" saeedurrehman92@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Mr.Bhuiyan
> > >
> > > I think that you were unfortunate that you could not see Gen.
Moin
> > at
> > > Hotel Crown Plaza (again one of the most prestigious Hotels in
> > Kuwait).
> > > And, I think that the General was fortunate that he did not see
> > you. You
> > > said it was smallest public gathering. In what capacity you were
> > invited
> > > there?
> > >
> > > Again, you said that you went to VIP lounge of Kuwait Airport
along
> > with
> > > Bangladesh Embassy and Kuwaiti Defense Ministry officials in (or
> > on)
> > > the day of his departure. Were you from Bangladesh Embassy or
from
> > > Kuwaiti Defense Ministry? In your few minutes talk you
found "this
> > > general a man of high personalities (or personality), really a
> > brave son
> > > of Bangladesh". I don't know that I should agree with you or not
> > > but I found you a man of high personalities (or personality)
though
> > I am
> > > not sure if you are a brave son of Bangladesh. One shake hand
and
> > you
> > > knew everything about the General.
> > >
> > > I would like to remind you that Kuwait is also part of the world
> > and if
> > > not all some people know how the business is conducted there. My
> > > brotherly advice, try to be honest don't exaggerate or lie.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Saeed
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Mohammed Ramjan <mramjan@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fortunately or unfortunately I was invited to attend General
Moin
> > U
> > > Ahmed's smallest public gathering in Crown Plaza Hotel Kuwait.
Due
> > to
> > > some other reason I did not attend the gathering.
> > > >
> > > > In the day of his departure at Kuwait Airport VIP lounge, I
was
> > > present with Bangladesh Embassy and Kuwaiti Defence ministry
> > officials.
> > > I found this general a man of high personalities, really a brave
> > son of
> > > Bangladesh. Our talk was held for few minutes, shake hands and
> > finally
> > > goodbye.
> > > >
> > > > Same day I have handed over a book (binder) on "Land use
> > Technology" a
> > > subject on development control process and planning permission,
> > which
> > > technology UK implementing from 1948. Unfortunately in India,
> > Pakistan ,
> > > Bangladesh, no where this subject was included for study in any
> > > engineering college/university or in any polytechnic Institute.
> > > >
> > > > We want implementation of this valuable technology in
Bangladesh.
> > > >
> > > > Thanking you all
> > > >
> > > > Mohammed Ramjan Ali Bhuiyan
> > > > Kuwait
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To: alochona@: ezajur.rahman@: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:21:11
> > > +0000Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Moeen U Ahmed in Kuwait
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear Alochok ZaheedMany thanks for your call for good manners.
> > Though
> > > to be honest I am probably the one most guilty of bad
manners : ) I
> > am
> > > writing to you because you have smashed the proverbial nail on
the
> > head
> > > by saying..."...putting forth information, references, logic,
> > > anti-logic, philosophy and morals..."This is precisely the
point -
> > there
> > > is hardly any such debate anywhere. People are so tied up in the
> > > technicalities, strategies, problems, processes, etc that
thorough
> > > political debate on the issues (any issue) simply does not
exist.
> > Our
> > > papers are busy collecting handouts, press releases, quotations
and
> > > numbers. Our editors and tv pundits are busy pondering the
> > mechanisms of
> > > democracy and not the meaning of democracy. And thats about
> > it.WHERE ARE
> > > THE GREAT NATIONAL DEBATES ON HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION,
ENVIRONMENT,
> > LOCAL
> > > GOVERNMENT AND THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN A MODERN BANGLADESH? Sure
> > there's a
> > > debate on food prices but that debate happened because there
was no
> > > choice.Go to any BNP and AL meeting and talk to them about any
of
> > these
> > > subjects. Some will look bewildered, some will get angry
because you
> > > didn't mention the 'nethri' and some will think you are a
showoff
> > from
> > > abroad.But get back to the fight for power and everyone is an
> > expert!
> > > It's like we're all stuck in a neverending third rate Hindi
daytime
> > soap
> > > opera!The Army is indeed the darwan. The electorate is the
> > landlord. The
> > > politcial parties are the tenants. The darwan has indeed taken
over
> > > because the tenants are wrecking the house and the landlord is
fed
> > up.
> > > The darwan broke some flashy vases and ruined some precious
> > paintings -
> > > but the house itself was saved. As with all jonogonists, fancy
talk
> > > about the lower classes ultimately gave way to scornful disdain
of
> > the
> > > lowly darwan!And personal attacks are all part of the fun - and
a
> > good
> > > measure of how effective one is :) Best wishesEzajur
RahmanKuwait---
> > In
> > > alochona@yahoogroups.com, Zaheed Naser zaheed_naser@ wrote:>>
Dear
> > > Alochok,> > We all support a party, group or ideology one way or
> > another
> > > and speak for them in a direct or subtle way and dear Ejajur
> > obviously
> > > speaks for CTG and definitely is not the best friend of the two
> > begums!
> > > Sometimes I agree with him, sometimes, I donft, whichever, I
> read
> > > his writings with care and attention obviously because of the
fact
> > that
> > > he knows how to dish it out well (and does he write well when
he is
> > > pissed off J). My attempt here is to draw attention to the fact
> > that we
> > > shouldnft get personal (licking and all that phrases....) when
> we
> > > are indulging in an argument, we have the right to speak for any
> > party
> > > and we can do that by putting forth information, references,
logic,
> > > anti-logic, philosophy and morals and anything except stooping
down
> > to
> > > the low level of attacking any Alochok personally with indecent
> > words! >
> > > > Regards,> Zaheed> > > Sajjad Hossain shossain456@ wrote:> Do
not
> > wash
> > > your hands. Lick it for the rest of your life. Did you jump on
his
> > feet?
> > > Moeen U Ahmed is a "Daroan" of the Country. When a "Daroan"
takes
> > over
> > > the house, then everything collapses. > > SH> Toronto> > ezajur
> > > ezajur.rahman@ wrote:> Khaleda Zia became BNP leader and PM
because
> > she
> > > is the wife of Ziaur > Rahman. BNP would have broken into
various
> > groups
> > > if the symbolism of > Khaleda was absent. Khaleda maintained her
> > > position by a network of > patronage, corruption and the
ruthless
> > > removal of all internal > opposition.> > Hasina Wajed became AL
> > leader
> > > and PM because she is the daughter of > Sheikh Mujib. AL would
have
> > > broken into various groups if the > symbolism of Hasina was
absent.
> > > Hasina maintained her postion by a > network of patronage,
> > corruption
> > > and the ruthless removal of all > internal opposition.> > Tell
it
> > the
> > > way it is man Enot the way it makes your patriotic ego > feel
> > > good.> > Where was I asking you to worship me or Moeen?> You
don't
> > have
> > > the guts or the ability to write 20 strong lines > against
Hasina or
> > > Khaleda for anything.> And that's why, in reality, you do
worship
> > them.>
> > > > I am indeed privileged to shake the hand of the man who went
> > after >
> > > Nizami. I am indeed privileged to shake the hand of the man who
> > went >
> > > after Salauddin Qader Chowdhury. But I don't expect you to
> > understand >
> > > that. Please continue with the pechali, bhejali rubbish that
has >
> > > ruined our country.> > The same ladies you admire were crazy to
give
> > > malas to Dr Yunus when > he got the Nobel Prize. But when he
dared
> > to
> > > enter politics they > hurled abuse at him like the selfish
> > hypocrites
> > > they are. Even though > as a citizen he is perfectly entitled to
> > enter
> > > politics. Becasue these Royal Begums can't stand anyone else in
> > their
> > > Kingdom.> > Don't give me that jonogonist mumbo jumbo. That's
for
> > the
> > > Royal > Khaleda and Royal Hasina to say during their
campaigns.> > I
> > > haven't lost my mind. I just see that something is better than >
> > > nothing.> > Are you looking forward to the election man and
making
> > some
> > > money if > Hasina and Khaleda become PM? I am! If Hasina and
Khaleda
> > > become PM > I'm going to make some real money. Deshi style!
Talk the
> > > jonogon talk > and fill my pockets with the nation's money at
the
> > same
> > > time.> > Maybe I could write a book: HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH AL
AND
> > BNP
> > > EFOR > DUMMIES.> > Ezajur Rahman> Kuwait> > --- In
> > > alochona@yahoogroups.com, Sajjad Hossain <shossain456@> >
wrote:>
> > >> >
> > > Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister of Bangladesh on her own
credit >
> > and
> > > elected by the people. She was not there by virtue of the
mighty >
> > gun.
> > > 99% of Bangladeshis belong to lower-middle or middle class. To >
> > what
> > > class Mr Ezajur belong to? To what class Gen Moen Uddin Ahmed >
> > belong
> > > to? Royal class? Are you asking us to worship you? Sorry I am >
not
> > > worshiping Hasina or Khaleda. Both of them are leading two
large >
> > > political parties for more than two decades. They posses strong
>
> > > leadership qualities. Your Gen Moen has tried to form one
political
> > >
> > > party with the help of C grade politicians and Nobel Prize
winner
> > but >
> > > has failed to even kick off.> > > > These army boot lickers have
> > lost
> > > their minds.> > > > ezajur <ezajur.rahman@> wrote:> > Dear
> > Alochoks> > >
> > > > Or perhaps I should prefer the State visit of Khaleda to
Kuwait a
> > > >
> > > couple of years ago. Yes, perhaps her visit was more dignified
than
> > > >
> > > the visit of Moeen U Ahmed. > > > > She wanted to buy some
> > jewellery.
> > > She was advised that the finest > > jewellers in Kuwait would
> > happily
> > > take a wide selection of pieces > to > > her hotel. She was
advised
> > to
> > > go to a prestigious location. But she > > took the advice of
some
> > idiots
> > > and went to one of the worst gold > > markets in Kuwait. As she
> > walked
> > > through the shops onlookers were > > bemused by her entourage.
Who
> > is
> > > she? Why is she here? The market > > that seldom saw an upper
middle
> > > class Indian was now graced by the > > Prime Minister of
> > Bangladesh. Of
> > > course our jonogonists will say > she went to the shops of the
> > common
> > > man. But of course she bought > nothing > > there and in the end
> > went to
> > > an exclusive shop and purchased a few > > trinkets and baubles -
> > costing
> > > well beyond the dreams of the common > > man. Any idea how much
she
> > > spent?> > > > Good old Bangladeshi democracy.> > > > It's a
> > slapstick
> > > comedy.> > > > Regards> > > > Ezajur Rahman> > Kuwait> > > > ---
In
> > > alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <ezajur.rahman@> wrote:> >
>> > >
> > > Dear Alochoks> > > > > > On the other hand perhaps I am wrong.
> > Perhaps I
> > > should prefer > > Hasina > > > to Moeen U Ahmed. Perhaps I
should
> > prefer
> > > her State visit to > Kuwait > > > back in 2000. The businessmen
of
> > AL
> > > held a reception for her in > the > > > Grand Ballroom of the
> > Sheraton
> > > Hotel. Perhaps I should be proud > of > > > when the Foreign
> > Minister,
> > > Abdus Samad Azad, declared that the > > > audience should shout
`Joy
> > > Bangla' in honour of The Nethri. And > as > > > the chandeliers
> > shook to
> > > the refrain of a 800 idiots chanting Joy > > > Bangla the front
> > rows of
> > > VIPs, Ambassadors, MPs and Ministers > > quickly > > > and
quietly
> > > escaped through the side doors. And the receptionists > > and >
> >
> > > security men ran around the hotel like headless chickens. And >
> > other >
> > > > > guests thought some terrorists had attacked. And like a
> > brilliant >
> > > > > Foreign Minister he turned to one side of the crowd and
raising
> > >
> > > his > > > hand urged them to shout even louder because he could
not
> > hear
> > > > > them. > > > And Hasina just smiled with happiness.> > > > >
>
> > The
> > > Sheraton Hotel, the oldest and most prestigious hotel in > >
> > Kuwait, > >
> > > > entwined with the very history of Kuwait itself, witness to
the >
> > > >
> > > graciousness of a 1,000 stately receptions over the decades,
had > >
> > > just > > > seen its most ungracious day.> > > > > > But then who
> > cares
> > > that the rest of Kuwait just thought:> > > > > > What else do
you
> > expect
> > > from the Prime Minister and Foreign > > Minister > > > of the
> > > cleanersElt;BR>> > > > > Regards> > > > > > Ezajur Rahman> > >
> > > Kuwait > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In
> > alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur"
> > > <ezajur.rahman@> wrote:> > > >> > > > Dear Saeed Bhai> > > > >
> > >
> > > Well I was just saying that I was privileged to shake his hand >
> > and> >
> > > > > wish him well. Pretty modest compared to what you might be
> >
> > > thinking> > > > for Hasina or Khaleda : )> > > > > > > > He is
> > certainly
> > > not one of the greatest personalities on> > > > earth but
> > definitely one
> > > of the bravest in Bangladesh.> > > > > > > > The future does not
> > belong
> > > to him or me. But it belongs to all > of > > us> > > > who want
a
> > > Bangladesh without Hasina and Khaleda and all that > > they > >
>
> > > represent. And in spite of all the mistakes the possibilty of >
> > that > >
> > > > future exists only because of the courage of the CTG. Not
because
> > > >
> > > of > > > anyone else or anything else.> > > > > > > > What is
this
> > apple
> > > polishing you speak of? What do you know > about> > > > real
apple
> > > polishing? Look at what our people do with Hasina and> > > >
> > Khaleda -
> > > the puja, the worshipping, the polishing, the > malishing,> > >
>
> > the
> > > thel dhalano, the chamchagiri.. It is record breaking! We > >
> > could> > >
> > > > turn it into an export industry! But you won't mention that >
> > will > >
> > > > you.> > > > That's too uncomfortable. Far easier to talk
about me
> > and
> > > my> > > > handshake.> > > > > > > > And what is this pity you
feel?
> > What
> > > do you know about real > pity?> > > > Where is your pity for our
> > people
> > > who are made fools of by> > > > politicians year after year
with lie
> > > after lie? Where is your > pity> > > > for a democracy where
> > democracy
> > > ONLY means that political > > operatives> > > > are allowed to
do
> > > anything they want? Where is your pity for a> > > > democracy
where
> > if
> > > you challenge the leader of your party your > > house> > > >
gets
> > burned
> > > down? You won't speak of such uncomfortable truths. > > Far> >
> >
> > > easier to talk about me wishing the General well.> > > > > > >
> You
> > > should wish him well too. For because of him the voter > rolls
> > >
> > > will> > > > be more accurate than ever before. The voting booths
> > will be
> > > > more> > > > secure than ever before. The vote count will be
more
> > > legitimate > > than> > > > ever before. The voters will be safer
> > than
> > > every before. Your > > dream> > > > will come true - you will
have
> > your
> > > free and fair election > between> > > > corrupt parties.> > > >
> >
> > > >
> > > I don't dream of a future where unelected, unaccountable >
> > officials> >
> > > > > are forced to act because of the stupidity of elected > >
> > > politicians. I> > > > dream of a future where AL and BNP behave
like
> > > proper democratic> > > > parties in a modern Bangladesh. And the
> > CTG has
> > > done more to > > achieve> > > > that than the Central
Committees of
> > AL
> > > or BNP. People who slam > the> > > > CTG and claim to be neutral
> > never
> > > ever talk about AL and BNP. > If > > > they> > > > did then they
> > would
> > > be really making a difference.> > > > > > > > Look at our
country.
> > Be
> > > honest. We have far more to pity than > > Moeen> > > > and
> > Fakhruddin
> > > and dreamers like me.> > > > > > > > By the way - who do you
think I
> > > should vote for? Hasina or > > Khaleda?> > > > Why? Convince me
> > without
> > > insulting me : )> > > > > > > > Best wishes> > > > > > > >
Ezajur
> > > Rahman> > > > Kuwait> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>
> > > ---
> > > In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "saeedurrehman92"> > > >
> > <saeedurrehman92@>
> > > wrote:> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > Dear Mr. Ejazur> > > > >> > >
> >
> > > Thousand and one congratulations on your one of the biggest> >
> > >
> > > achievements. I hope you have not washed your hands after > >
> > shaking >
> > > > > it> > > > > with Gen. Moeen's hand. You must preserve the
scent
> > of
> > > him on > > > your> > > > > hands. The future definitely belongs
to
> > you
> > > because you > shaked > > > hands> > > > > with one the greatest
> > > personality on earth.> > > > >> > > > > I really don't feel bad
> > feel bad
> > > when I read a writing like > > this.> > > > Nice> > > > > piece
of
> > apple
> > > polishing. I, however, feel pity for a nation > in> > > >
which> >
> > > > >
> > > people like this exists.> > > > >> > > > > Saeed> > > > >> > >
> >>
> > > >
> > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <ezajur.rahman@>
> >
> > > wrote:> > > > > >> > > > > > Dear Alochoks> > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > Yesterday I had the privilege and the honour of shaking the > >
> > hand> >
> > > > > of> > > > > > General Moeen U Ahmed. He is on an official
visit
> > to
> > > Kuwait.> > > > Whilst> > > > > > he was largely surrounded by
> > people who
> > > supported the CTG > and > > > who> > > > > > were showering him
with
> > > their views I got the opportunity on> > > > behalf> > > > > >
of all
> > > supporters of the CTG to wish him good health, long > > life> >
> >
> > and>
> > > > > > > > continued success. He reiterated that the nation
needed
> > an> >
> > > > > election> > > > > > in December 2008.> > > > > >> > > > > >
> > Moeen U
> > > Ahmed and Dr Fakhruddin are great men and I remain> > > >
> > defiantly> > >
> > > > > > supportive. Becasue of such men we know that change is > >
> > > possible.> > > > > > Because of such men even politicians now
> > believe
> > > that > change > > is> > > > > > possible. That change, so
> > desperately
> > > needed, must finally > be> > > > decided> > > > > > by our
> > politicians.
> > > But there is no doubt that it is these > > men > > > who> > > >
> >
> > > threw the ball back in the pitch. Lets all pray that the >
teams> >
> > > >
> > > play> > > > > > sincerely.> > > > > >> > > > > > And for those
who
> > think
> > > that standing next to Hasina or > > Khaleda> > > > is a> > > >
> >
> > > greater privilege than shaking the hand of Dr Yunus, Dr> > > >
> > > Fakhruddin or> > > > > > General Moeen U Ahmed - even if your
dreams
> > > come true, the > > > future> > > > > > still does not belong to
> > you.> >
> > > > > > >> > > > > > Regards> > > > > >> > > > > > Ezajur Rahman>
> >
> > > >
> > > > Kuwait> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > --- In
> > > alochona@yahoogroups.com, Faruque Alamgir > > faruquealamgir@>
> >
> > > > >
> > > wrote:> > > > > > >> > > > > > > IDIOTS ALWAYS THNKS THEM AS THE
> > > GREATEST INTELIGENT SO > THE > > > CASE> > > > > > WITH OUR
> > > FRIEND....................................> > > > > > >> > > >
> > >
> > > Faruque Alamgir> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Salahuddin Ayubi
> > s_ayubi786@>
> > > > > > > > wrote: Fakahruddin's speech> > > > > > was an
excellent
> > one.
> > > Why nitwits like yourself criticise > him > > is> > > > > >
beyond
> > my
> > > comprehension. Instead of using a very famous > man's > > >
name> >
> > > >
> > > > > as your mask why dont you appear in your own name. You are>
> >
> > > >
> > > > disgracing a great man. You with your level of intelligence >
>
> > will>
> > > > > > > > never reach anywhere near what the great man achieved
in
> > his>
> > > > > > > > lifetime. Stop bullshitting and misguiding people. I
do
> > not >
> > > > feel> > > > > > that the country is safe in the hands of our
kind
> > of >
> > > > > politicians,> > > > > > most of whom do not have the basic
> > education
> > > behind them. > Era> > > > shobai> > > > > > foot pather neta.
bhalo
> > > kichu bojhar ba korar shamortho eder> > > > > > akebarei nei.>
> >
> > > > >
> > > > .> > > > > > > Salahuddin Ayubi> > > > > > >> > > > > > > ---
On
> > Tue,
> > > 5/13/08, mahathir of bd wouldbemahathirofbd@ > > > wrote:> > >
> >
> > > >>
> > > > > > > > > From: mahathir of bd wouldbemahathirofbd@> > > > >
> >
> > > Subject: [Dahuk]: Thanks Fakhruddin - you have made us > >
laugh >
> > > >
> > > by> > > > > > your sermon> > > > > > > To:
> > tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com,
> > > chottala@yahoogroups.com,> > > > > > khabor@yahoogroups.com,
> > > dahuk@yahoogroups.com,> > > > > > vinnomot@yahoogroups.com,
> > > alochona@yahoogroups.com,> > > > > >
> > notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com >
> > > > > > > > Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 7:11 AM> > > > > > >> >
> >
> > > >
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> > >
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[ALOCHONA] Vulnerable Chicken neck: India's Vincible Siliguri Corridor

Vulnerable Chicken neck:  India's Vincible Siliguri Corridor         The Siliguri Corridor is an anomaly of history, an aberrance of geography, and a defunct border that has no "de facto" existance in todays facts on the ground. The article discusses the China-Bhutan territurial deal in Chumbi Valley 500 kms north of the vulnerable Siliguiri corridor as it pertains to Bangladesh, the Bhutanese, Sikkim and Nepalese point of view, and the movement for Brohit Bengal in the aftermath of the death of secularism in Sonar Bangladesh.           The article will investigate the Indian and Chinese point of view and represent the Bangladeshi points of view in SouthAsia. The Northeast seven sisters are for all practical purposes devoid of any link with New Delhi, and the Indians have to political or military influence in the seven states. When will the "de jure" existence of this corridor end?       DRAFT PUBLISHED: (this article is under construction and will be updated to get it ready for prime time–some excerpts from other authors have to be place in the right contexts to represent reality)               NEW YORK, June 6th, 2008, Rupee News: The chicken's may have come to roost. The hedonistic menage de trois between the bi-sexual Nehru, the gay Lord Batten and the promiscuousEdwina may have been helpful in illegally handing over Muslim majority areas of Gurdaspur and Bihar to India, but today it leaves "India" vvulnerable in its narrowest part–the Siliguri (aka Shiliguri) Corridor. While Nehru may have won some advantage in the Viceryal bedroom and celebrated the achievement of a coup by drawing strange maps in the Subcontinent, the ultimate joke is on the prankster himself. Nehru may have sacrificed his body for nothing. The reality on the ground in the Shiliguri corridor does not paint a pretty picture for New Delhi's control. In fact there is no control in the Northeast–and the seven states of India have been listed as the number one security risk to the Indian union by RAW and other Indian intelligent agencies. This strange Indian border referred to as "Chicken neck" is ready to be chopped off by a sleuth of enemies that India has inculcated for the past 6 decades.   There are the Nepalese Maoists who are spreading their arms and influence in India's other security threat–the Naxalite insurgencies spreading from Neapl all the way south to Andhra Predesh.   There is the Chinese threat from Tibet and the Chumbi valley (500 km north of the Chicken's neck). China has vociferously claimed Aranchul Pradesh and the insurgency there rages hot and heavy.   There is the Bangladesh threat. With or without secularism the growth of  Brohit Bangladesh threatens the Chicken's neck.   The increasingly independent Bhutan is asserting its relationswith China despite the fact that she does not have diplomatic relations with Beijing. Bhutan is negotiating borders and re-arranging the boundary that hurts and does not help the threat to the Chicken's neck. The insurgencies in the Seven sisters have in effect cut off the 7 states from New Delhi. The Naxalite insurgencies emboldened by the Nepalese republic are also a huge threat not to the integrity of India but also to the Chicken's neck.       Silliguri: West Bengal India map     Map of Bengal-1893     Sikkim is vulnerable to an expanding China map     Siliguri corridor is vulnerable to an expanding China map     Siliguri corridor is vulnerable to an expanding China map     Chumbi Valley Tibet China; Negotiation between China and Bhutan     Chumbi Valley negotiations between China and Bhutan Large map       Northeast Chinese Bhutanese Lingshi Chinese Duna Qu border. Chinese Land is being given to Bhutan in exchange for Bhutan-Chinese dispute land in Chumbi valley (where Sikkim, China and Bhutan meet)       In 1947, the Radcliff commission took a bribe of 6 corore Rupees to create nightmares for millions of Muslims in the Subcontinent. Radcliff, who burned all the documents in August of 1947, and fled on a flight from Delhi before independence created a jig saw puzzle for the Bengalis of Muslim Bengal. Bangladesh today and former East Pakistan is surrounded on three sides by the Indian tentacle. However this has created a security nightmare for the Indian security establishment.         India has been rife with alarmist reports of Chinese incursions across the border of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeastern India, a border China does not formally recognize, and in neighboring Bhutan. A Chinese demand for India to remove two bunkers in Sikkim state, which Beijing claims were built on the Chinese side of the Indo-Chinese border, amplified these concerns.     China inching closer to India through Bhutan (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1187893.cms)   NEW DELHI: India is livid with anger over the Sino-Bhutan border talks that took place during the second week of July. It has caused a flutter in South Block. Hackles in the Indian military have been raised. That is why it dispatched its Director General of Military Operations, Lt Gen Madan Gopal, to Bhutan to meet the King. And the King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, himself will arrive next Monday at New Delhi to explain what transpired between the two countries. He will have to do some hard explaining when he meets the National Security Advisor, M K Narayanan who is also India's special representative in the Sino-Indian boundary talks and other key officials.   The latest Sino-Bhutanese talks caught India more by stealth than surprise. Despite the absence of a diplomatic relationship, both Bhutan and China have conducted more than 17 rounds of discussions over the boundary issues that involve the eastern, middle and western sector. Post Wen Jiabo's visit to India early this year, a meeting of this kind is sure to provoke even the doves.       "The Chinese want the Bhutanese to compromise on the Chumbi sector so they can move in", says Dr Srikanth Kondapalli, a noted China expert and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). He adds, "That the Chinese did not cross the Kinzamane in the eastern sector in 1962 though it lay slightly west off Tawang, and their current claims to Chumbi are reflective of their long-term strategy."   The Chinese have been able to gain a strategic wiggle room by reducing the disputed area withBhutan over the years. What started off with 1000 square kilometres has been reduced to 269 till April 2004 of Sinchu Lumpa, Shakhpoe and the Chumbi valley.       "The current bargain is for the Chumbi valley which means Indians will have a problem militarily. It appears that the Chinese will occupy large areas in the Chumbi valley", says Dr Kondapalli. He adds, "Since this is very much linked to the border dispute, India should be concerned. The Chinese might have offered Bhutan a lucrative package to claim the Chumbi valley. That means it could thwart India's military posturing in this region. It is not as if Bhutan and China have been discussing in a clandestine manner. In 2004, the Bhutanese National Assembly discussed the issue of sector swapping. What Bhutan forgot was to make India privy to these discussions for all Bhutan's border agreements and issues to India's. It is here, going by what has happened that experts feel that Bhutan might have hoodwinked India.   While recent peace initiatives have bolstered the Sino-Indian bilateral relationships on the one side, nibbling activities on the other have questioned the intent of the initiatives though not without a reason. Which has a historical antecedent; tracing from the Chinese occupation of all the five Himalayan kingdoms of Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal though Gen Zhao Erfeng couldn't retain them in the face of 1911 revolution till the 1962 war. Immediately after the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959, Bhutan sealed all its borders which meant no interaction between China and Bhutan. Strategic as it may seem now, during the 1962 war, China neither sent forces to Bhutan nor occupied them but of late China is being criticized for sending Tibetan herdsmen and constructing sheds in high altitudede areas in Bhutan.   China in the past has been accused for its nibbling activities which was part of the first talks between China and Bhutan in 1984, three years after the first Sino-Indian talks on border issues. The Chinese embassy in India has been playing a crucial role in the talks that have happened in Thimpu..       "Going by what has transpired it looks like Bhutan will give away some land in the Chumbi valley. Because about 500 kms down, you are in what is called the Chicken's Neck or the Siliguri corridor, a narrow stretch of land that connects the northeastern states to the rest of India..     "Importantly, and looming large over the Chicken's Neck is the Chumbivalley which is shouldered on the one side by the Paunhuri and the other by Chomulhari peaks that converge at the Sinchu La on the junction of China, Bhutan and India. "This is strategic and for the Indian military it will be a cause for concern and if Bhutan concedes, which is likely, this will prove detrimental", says Dr Kondapalli. The Indian military is aware. What the army is not aware is the ground reality, which should come from the Intelligence. 33 Core of the Indian Army is located in Sukhna to take care of West Bengal and Sikkim and its elite 3 and 4 Core in Dimapur and Tezpur respectively which should be able to repulse a pincer attack in the Chumbi valley. More than nibbling, the Chinese are trying to establish communication and transmission links within Bhutan. "There have been reports of increasing construction of transmission lines in Bhutan by China," say Dr Kondapalli   .     He adds, "Some of these electric companies have been traced to Wuhan on the Yangtze River downstream the three gorges which is known for its defence industries including submarine building."Bhutan's border agreement is linked to India's border agreement and now China is egging on some position in Bhutan for an anti-Indian stance in lieu of giving some land in the eastern sector. " There is also the fear that China might provide covert support to the insurgents in the northeast. Intelligence agencies and China watchers say that the Chinese still transfer small arms through ISI though there has been no manifest link that has been traced the connections to organizations like ULFA.   A senior military intelligence official says, "Till recently we have seized arms that are of Chinese make." Earlier, because of the imperatives of normalization between India and China, smuggling of arms is being passed off as commercial transaction from China. The Chumbi story has a Tibetan twist. An official at the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibet Administration, Mcloedganj says, "It is anyway not the Chinese land that they are planning to give away to Bhutan and prior to 1951 it was part of the Bhutan-Tibet border."   A senior official in the Military Intelligence says, "We have a serious problem in hand and unless and until it is addressed at the policy level, it will be very difficult for India to contain China's nibbling activity."India's anger seems to be justified provided King Jigme Singye Wangchuck has a different story to tell when he arrives next Monday.         Portions of the following article are to be placed in the right context. We inadvertently published the article before it was ready for prime time.   North-East "burning" Posted on May 22, 2008 by B Shantanu (http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/05/22/north-east-burning/)   First, some excerpts from a richly referenced analysis, "The Shiliguri Corridor: Question Mark on Security" by Pinaki Bhattacharya:    "A critical futuristic threat perception vis-à-vis India's North Eastern region has long preoccupied many analysts and the Indian security establishment. The projected exercise would involve Pakistan launching an attack on Jammuand Kashmir. At the other end, China would engage India militarily in the latter's Northeast with movement from Tibet, through Bhutan and via Alipurduar in the Jalpaiguri district and consequently cut-off what is referred to as the eastern chicken's neck or the Shiliguri corridor. An Indian strategists' nightmare come true. ….In such a projected war scenario, while India battles Pakistan and China, behind the lines of the security forces guarding the narrow strip of land called the Shiliguricorridor, which at its narrowest is 20 kilometres long and just 20 kilometres wide in the general area south west of Shiliguri, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the Bodos, the KamtapurLiberation Organisation and other subversives trained in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan raise attrition to a feverish pitch. China could, it is projected, choose to cut the chicken's neck with irreversible consequences vis-à-vis India's Northeast. A reasonable assumption of this nature reportedly influenced a group of senior Indian security officials to meet in May 2000.1 The meeting concluded that a constant vigil needed to be maintained at the Bagdogra airport in Jalpaiguri and railway stations like New Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar, as also at Kishanganj and Katihar in the State of Bihar. Such a constant vigil was directed towards monitoring the movement of those who are rather quaintly called ANEs (anti-national elements). The meeting also resolved that a joint operation of Assam and West Bengal police needs to be launched to flush out terrorists, besides beefing up the deployment of security forces.   …The ShiliguriCorridor3 is an area of 12,203 square kilometers connecting mainland India with the outlying border States of the Northeast. An intelligence report of one of security forces operating in the area states: "As geographical configuration puts the NorthEastern States of our country at a disadvantage for a lack of strategic depth, considered necessary to provide a buffer, the tenuous lines of communication (that run through this corridor) connect mainland India to the Northeast." The corridor's dimensions extend lengthwise approximately 200 kms witha width varying between 20 and 60 kilometres. It houses the all-important feeder highways number NH 31 and 31a and the North Frontier Railways. …The corridor is also significant in light of the vital installations located around it, like the airfields of Hashimara and Bagdogra, and the oil pipelines, which run through the corridor. These installations are considered to be lethal sabotage targets for insurgent groups lurking behind the lines of defence.   One of the key borders that abut the corridor is withNepal, stretching 144 kilometres on the other side of north Bengal. Being unmanned, the long stretch of the border proves immensely conducive for infiltration and also as a point of egress for ANEs originating in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Furthermore, the Indo-Nepal Friendship treaty of 1950, which guarantees free and unhindered movement of Nepalese citizens between the two nations, has been handy for infiltration exercises.   …According to premier intelligence agencies, the Shiliguri corridor faces threat not only from this pattern of free movement of personnel and goods through the border areas, but also from insurgents operating from Bhutan and particularly in Assam. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) militants have been using the corridor for their movement for a long time. The recent emergence of another insurgent outfit, called the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO),7 in north Bengal, is adding to the worries of the security forces.   …Reports also suggest that the ISI was supplying a large quantity of arms and ammunition to the various Northeast terrorist outfits from the stockpiles of the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia after their defeat and eventual obliteration.24 These were picked up from the markets of Thailand and were transported to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, eventually to be used on Indian soil. The arms were shipped from Thai ports to Cox's Bazaar and were then carried on headloads for rest of the way.25 The recipients were the NSCN-IM, ULFA and the Bodo groups.   …Shiliguri town is a gateway to Guwahati in Assam, Gangtok in Sikkim and Kishengunj in Bihar. It also shares borders with three countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The town's cosmopolitan character, grown out of it being "an island of prosperity," makes it easier for outsiders to get assimilated into the local populace, thus providing perfect cover to the subversives.In fact, the West Bengal government had admitted on the floor of the State Legislative Assembly in 1999 that the Shiliguri corridor ran the risk of being sabotaged by ISI agents.   …Security agencies are also concerned at the mushrooming growth of mosques and madrassas (religious seminaries) in the region.According to their estimate, in the last five years the total number of madrassas that have come up in the Shiliguri Corridor area are as follows: Coochbehar – 45, Jalpaiguri – 44, Shiliguri – 63 and Islampur sub-division, North 5, Dinajpur – 467. Of these only 23 in Coochbehar are recognized by the West Bengal government; eight in Jalpaiguri; two in Shiliguri and seven in Islampur. Yet, the others are flourishing with no dearthof funds. Intelligence sources suspect that people having linkages with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits have set up at least some of these mosques and madrassas.   …According to intelligence sources, another organisation called Tabligh-e-Jamaat is also reported to be active around the Shiliguri Corridor. They hold regular meetings along Champasari and Bardhaman Road near Hawra camp in Shiliguriand are also in contact with the Harkat-ul-Ansarin Nepal. There are also indications of close linkages between the two groups, with senior members of each attending the meetings of the other. Although the activity of the organisation is discreet, it reportedly includes anti-India propaganda, `universalisation' of Islam and raising funds for `Islamic causes.'   …The demographic profile within a 5-kilometre belt of the international border with Bangladesh has undergone rapid changes.According to intelligence sources, in Jalpaiguri district, while the population of Hindus and Muslims has been 1,35,938 and 1,63,522 respectively in 1981, in 1991 it rose to 1,90,805 and 2,35,733 respectively. In Coochbehar, the figure in 1981 was 2,17,588 and 1,41,001 respectively; while in 1991 it was 2,94,038 and 1,85,528 respectively. In the Shiliguri sub-division of Darjeeling district, the numbers were 48,110 and 71,215, respectively, in 1981; while in 1991, they were 72,518 and 1,12.302, respectively. In the Islampur and Raigunj sub-divisions of north Dinajpur, they were 1,78,583 and 2,60,507, respectively, in 1981; rising to 2,51,472 and 3,41,325, respectively, in 1991.   In early 1999, a media report had indicated that a significant demographic transformation was occurring around the Corridor, causing serious concern among security agencies. The report, quoting official sources, pointed out that, while in 1971 the Muslim population was 15 per cent, in recent years it has touched a high of 70 per cent in some areas, primarily due to illegal immigration from Bangladesh.   The report referred to the phenomenon of a large number of Muslim immigrants residing in Islampur of North Dinajpur district as also Kishangunj of Bihar. The report had also claimed that untrammelled passage through these areas was available to the thousands of Bihari Muslims who claim Pakistan's nationality but remain in Bangladesh because the former refuses to take them in.29   …Before 1947, the NorthEastern States, especially Assam, were connected with the mainland through waterways, road and railway networks running through what was then a part of the Bengal Presidency and later named East Pakistan and, eventually, Bangladesh. Thus, linkages between that country and the Assamese were deep, and these, the ISI later sought to exploit.   …the former Director of the Intelligence Bureau and former Governor of West Bengal, T V Rajeshwar (said): "It is not Kashmir alone which should cause anxiety. The Bangladeshi infiltration, which continues unabated, has changed the demographic pattern of eastern India.   There is a grave danger to the Shiliguri Corridor, which is the lifeline of the seven North Eastern states and Sikkim, because of the concentration of the Bangladeshi migrants there. Bengal's premier in 1946, Nizamuddin, wrote to Governor R.G. Casey that Bengal would soon become a Muslim majority province if left undisturbed. Even if his dream was belied because of the Partition, Dr. Henry Kissinger's foreboding of a Muslim majority state emerging from within Indian borders is there to contend with."33 Next, read these excerpts from an article in the Sunday Pioneer (by Bibhu Prasad Routray), reproduced via EastIndiaWatch: "The Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs, in its recent report, has asked the Government to monitor the country's eastern border, saying large-scale illegal migration from Bangladesh is threatening the country's security and economy. The report said that a large presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants posed a grave threat to India's security and economy as many border-crossers come with sophisticated weapons and ammunition to fuel terrorism. They also carry a large amount of fake Indian currency to weaken the economy, the report added. The Annual Report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, 2007-08, too, has expressed similar apprehensions. …While for the last couple of years, the Pakistani terror network originating in Bangladesh has received some attention, the critical role played by the illegal Bangladeshi migrants in India in such operations appears to have been lost sight of. Even the hullabaloo over the ever-growing number of migrants from Bangladesh, mostly described as demographic invasion of a serious kind, by mainstream political parties has hardly taken note of the subversive potential of the rather innocuous population flow from our eastern neighbour. And the political parties, for whom these migrants have become lucrative vote-banks, have taken great care to push any debate linking them with terror elements under the carpet. …Footprints of Bangladeshi nationals, often illegal residents in this country, have been unambiguous in the number of terror strikes in Indian urban centres that have taken place in the last couple of years.   Bangladesh has been a common thread running through the attacks carried out in New Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Hyderabad and Nasik.   …The official response to the threat remains clueless and strangely dependant on non-existent Bangladeshi co-operation. On April 23, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Parliament, "Illegal migration is a genuine problem, but Bangladesh refuses to recognise it. How this could be solved when Bangladesh does not want to accept it?" Next, excerpts from Welcome to a New Home by Satrujit Banerjee "A front-page newspaper report last month put some numbers on the worst kept secret among demographers in the country. It revealed that "intelligence agencies" had pegged the inward flow of illegal migrants from Bangladesh to India at "anywhere between 1.5 crore and 2 crore". The survey, conducted discreetly in 1992, was "kept secret in view of the sensitive findings". But when leaked later, it did not cause any ripples even in West Bengal, Bihar and Assam, the three states most affected by the influx. It now appears that since madrasasand mosques were coming up in increasing numbers along the border, the government felt the need to revisit the illegal migrants issue specifically to determine if a correlation exists between the influx and the increase in terrorist attacks in India. The new survey, using the 2001 census as the base, reveals a dramatic increase in Muslim population in every district bordering Bangladesh in these three states since then. West Bengal with 11 such districts was the worst affected.   The history of illegal migration from Bangladesh is worth recounting. When large numbers were spilling over into Assam in the Sixties and in the Seventies, the then Congress government, which had an overwhelming majority in the parliament, passed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act. This, in essence, took away the onus of proving nationality from the migrant and transferred it to the citizen who had to lodge a complaint before a tribunal and pay a fee to engage its services. Moreover, whereas the rest of India had July 19, 1948, as the cut-off date for Indian citizenship of migrants, the date for Assam was March 25, 1971. Not surprisingly, even though the Supreme Court struck down the act in July 2005, people living in the border districts of Bangladesh have always felt that if they were to cross over to India, they would somehow be accommodated. …With a population density of 2,638 persons per square mile, many righteous Bangladeshis feel that they have a just cause for conquering their neighbours' lebensraum, or `living space'. If migration, legal or otherwise, was the answer, so be it.   Writing in the October 18 issue of the weekly, Holiday, 17 years ago, prominent journalist, SadeqKhan argued that "by the first decade of the 21st century, Bangladesh will face a serious crisis of lebensraum. No possible performance of population planning, actual or hypothetical, significantly alters that prediction". He further argues that the "colonial devastation of Bengal in the 18th and 19thcenturies left the region of Bangladesh bereft of traditional strength of technology and productivity", and that a "natural overflow of population pressure is therefore very much on the cards and will not be restrainable by barbed wire or border patrol measures". This explains why Bangladesh vehemently opposes fencing of the border and why it is reluctant to accept repatriated nationals. The motto clearly is that the greater the number of people leaving the country, the better it is for its larger interest.   The obvious reason why the state governments affected do not act effectively to deter the influx is that the greater the Muslim influx, the bigger the vote bank. Moreover, a crackdown would undoubtedly result in not only losing the migrant vote, but also that of the indigenous Muslim population. In the last elections, of the 294 seats in the West Bengal legislature, the Muslim vote proved to be crucial in 114 seats. Next, a statement of the obvious (from a report by the Standing Committee on Home Affairs):   "…Days after India asked Bangladesh to keep tabs on illegal migrants…a parliamentary panel has endorsed New Delhi's concern, saying that the "large presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants poses a grave threat to the internal security".   …the Standing Committee on Home Affairs also took note of reports about the reach of such migrants who not only procured ration cards, driving licences and voter identity cards but also PAN cards to hide their nationality.   …The committee, headed by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, also took note of the large circulation of counterfeit currency along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Finally, for those of you who wish to delve deeper into this, I came across a well-researched and data-rich report on the demographic changes in the region that I have added to my "Docs and Slides" folder (left column down the middle). I have labelled it as "Endangered Demography West Bengal Study.pdf". You can download it by clicking on the link. (Disclaimer: I have not read it yet; only glanced through it hurriedly)   Also see a graphical depiction of the demographic makeoverof West Bengal…I have not verified the data but if true, the numbers cited are astounding.  The  decadal growth rate of Muslim population in these districts - which far surpasses the general population growth rate (between `91 - `01) is - to a large extent - a direct result of uncontrolled, illegal infiltration into the area..  I need not emphasise not only does this pose a serious security risk but it also threatens economic stability and evelopment in the region.  But is anyone listening? What can we conclude from all this? 1] India is facing a grave demographic and national security threat from Bangladesh and via uncontrolled borders throughout the North East (including the border with Nepal) 2] The government is unwilling to tackle this issue head on in spite of repeated warnings, alerts and numerous reports (from various bodies) about the gravity and seriousness of the threat 3] This "soft assault" on India (via demogrpahics and porous borders) is likely to have serious and severe long-term conseqences that may - in the extreme - lead to balkanisation of parts of India. 4] The situation has the makings of a crisis that could stall the country's economic development and fatally expose our strategic weaknesses Iindifferent and thick-skinned that nothing can shake them out of their stupor…not 70 lives…not 2 crore illegal immigrants…   So we will continue to suffer from HuJI-supported terrorist acts, we will continue to dither on stricter border controls and we will continue to use these poor souls as cannon fodder for our election strategies…   Meanwhile, the North-East of course, will continue to burn. http://rupeenews.com/2008/06/06/vulnerable-chickens-neck-indias-vincible-siliguri-corridor/

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