After the violence subsided in Assam, the blame game has started. While the BJP has held the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi-led State Government responsible for the recent violence by the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), the Chief Minister on Tuesday blamed it to the Centre and said that the Centre is more responsible than him for the violence that killed 78 people and left two lakhs homeless.
Gogoi also alleged a nexus between the saffron party and the NDFB faction and said that the militant outfit, which massacred the 78 people in three districts, has supported the BJP in the last round of parliamentary polls in Assam. “The G-O-C 4 Corps of the Army based in Tezpur is the operational head of the counter-insurgency operations in Assam under the unified command structure. So the Army, which is under the Central Government is responsible for the whole massacre," said Gogoi at Press meet on Tuesday. The Chief Minister’s reaction came a day after a section of BJP leaders, including the party’s Central leadership, had been blaming the CM for the law and order situation in Assam.
“We have received the intelligence inputs about the attacks by the NDFB. The Central agencies had also received the information as we follow the system of Subsidiary Multi-Agency Coordination (SMAC) in Assam. What the Central forces were doing even after receiving the intelligence inputsIJ” Gogoi asked. Gogoi also alleged that the NDFB anti-talk faction had supported the BJP in Assam during the lok Sabha polls. “It is a fact. The people of Assam know this. The BJP was supported by the NDFB faction. The (the NDFB faction) had targeted our candidate in lok Sabha polls in Tezpur and we had to provide him a bullet proof vehicle to continue the campaign,” he said.
“A case has also been registered," Gogoi pointed out. Meanwhile, the Assam CM on Tuesday said that the State chief secretary had already taken up with his West Bengal counterpart about the issue of taking back about 700 violence affected people, who had taken shelter in bordering areas of the West Bengal. "Yesterday our officers had gone there to bring back those people but the concerned districts administration in WB had not allowed them to meet the displaced people. "This is not fair. They are our people and we are going to bring them back. The chief secretary had taken up the matter with his WB counterpart. I'll take it up with the WB Chief Minister if needed," he said.
