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Assam violence: Sonia warns against partisan
finger-pointing
Tuesday August 28, 2012 07:46:11 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Warning
against "partisan finger-pointing" over the Assam violence,
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday called for "strictest
possible action" against those who targeted people from the
northeast and indulged in "treacherous activities".
Condemning the violence as "unacceptable", Gandhi stressed that
those guilty of the traumatic violence in parts of Assam have to
be brought to justice.
In a critique of the Bharatiya Janata Party's attempt to portray
it as an inhabitant versus foreigner issue, Gandhi stressed that
this was not the time for partisan finger-pointing, but for
healing wounds and bringing about reconciliation among communities
that have been hurt.
"Every effort should be made to ensure that people still living in
camps return to their homes and rebuild their lives as quickly as
possible," she told a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party
(CPP).
"The strictest possible action must be taken against those who
deliberately seek to divide us, incite and provoke people by their
incendiary speeches and aggressive actions," Gandhi said.
In an unstinting condemnation of rumour-mongering, the Congress
chief lashed out against those who have misused the social media
for their hate-mongering, caused havoc and spread mass panic. "No
government can stand by and ignore such treacherous activities."
Alluding to the targeting of people from the northeast people in
other parts of the country, Gandhi said she was glad that the Lok
Sabha spoke in one voice on their behalf.
"Like all our citizens, they have every constitutional rights to
study, work and live in any part of our country with complete
safety and security."
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