If Tanveer Seth installs Tipu statue, we will demolish it like we demolished Babri: Pramod Muthalik
Hubballi: Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has responded with a threat, to a statement by Congress MLA Tanveer Seth to install a statue of Tipu Sultan in Mysuru.
The legislator had recently said in Mysuru that, in the backdrop of several instances of tweaking facts from history, he would install a 100-foot-tall statue of the ‘Tiger of Mysore’ in either Srirangapatna or Mysuru. “The future generations will get to learn the truth about the history of our land. I will install a statue of Tipu Sultan although installation of statues is prohibited in Islam,” Seth has stated at a public event.
Expressing his ire towards the statement, Pramod Muthalik has threatened that such a statue would be razed like the Babri Masjid.
The Sene head, who addressed the media after attending the Kanaka Jayanti event at Idgah Maidan in Hubballi city, warned, “If a statue of Tipu is installed, we will destroy it like we destroyed the Babri Masjid.”
He further said that he opposed the forced addition of the word ‘secular’ in the Constitution of India, “Since India is a nation for Hindus just as Pakistan is for Muslims.”
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Assam to lift all cases against Koch Rajbongshis in Foreigners' Tribunals: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI): The Assam cabinet has decided to lift all cases pending against people from the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Foreigners' Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
They will also no longer carry the tag of 'D' or doubtful voters, he said.
''There are 28,000 cases pending in different Foreigners' Tribunals in the state against people of the community. The cabinet has taken a historic decision of lifting the cases with immediate effect,'' Sarma said at a press conference here after the cabinet meeting.
The government believes that the Koch Rajbongshis are an indigenous community of the state and they are an inextricable part of ''our social and cultural fabric'', he asserted.
The people of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years, he said.
''They will no longer carry the tag of foreigners or ‘D’ voters,'' the CM said.
Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964.
These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of “foreigners” in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
There are 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam.
The Koch Rajbongshis have a sizeable presence in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and parts of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and they demand Scheduled Tribe status.
