PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION AND ASSAM MOVEMENT: A CRITICAL STUDY

Over the years illegal migration has been becoming one of the burning issues of Assam. Since the treaty of Yandabo, continuous migration has changed the demographic pattern of the state. Among the different waves of migration since the beginning of the 20th century a fresh immigration has started from the East Bengal, from which land hungry Muslim peasants had started to immigrant, which has continued even after the Independence. The indigenous people of the state have scared of due to this massive immigration considering as a threatening to their identity. In 1979 numerous complaints were registered challenging the authenticity of a large number of persons, whose names were published in the electoral roll published for the by election of Mangaldoi loksabha constituency. When the authority has not taken any action against the complaints then the AASU and AAGSP were launched historic Assam movement in 1979. After six years of agitation an accord has signed which is known as Assam Accord on 15 August of 1985. After that the leaders of the AASU and AAGSP formed a new political party known as AGP and formed the government in Assam.