How saffrons are engaged in militarising Indian society not so surreptitiously.

Representational Image. Image Courtesy: Flickr

“…though this be madness, yet there is method in it“?

-Polonious, in ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare

Pushback of ‘alleged foreigners’ It was May end, when the Assam government led by Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Himanta Biswa Sarma, was in the news for its policy of pushback where it was found literally pushing what it termed as ‘illegal foreigners’ into Bangladesh.

What was noticeable was that when its controversial pushback policy came under the scanner of national and international human rights organisations, the Assam government approved another scheme that has raised new questions?

This was a ‘special’ scheme to make the border areas, especially those inhabited by indigenous people living in “vulnerable and remote areas”, safe. ..

.. ..it was basically to give arms licenses to people and those along the border with Bangladesh to “help them protect themselves.” [ Read the full article here : https://www.newsclick.in/assam-arms-licenses-vulnerable-citizens]