Resolution No: 10
Vishwa Hindu Parishad
The Cachar and North Cachar Hills
districts of Assam located in the southern banks of river Brahmaputra witnessed
the worst ever-ethnic mayhem between the Dimasa and Hmar tribes, rattling
the age-old bonhomie. The mercury soared to new summit with the summary
execution of 27 Dimasas in March 2003 culminating in to mass exodus of
Dimasas leaving their hearth and home to make shift refugee centers. The
violence continues unabated till date with the uprooting and torching of
60 villages displacing thousands of Dimasas. The Hmars acted strategically
by shifting their children and women folk to neighboring Manipur and Mizoram
with the Hmar youth detaining in the villages to slaughter the Dimasas.
The genesis of the present conflict
lies in the venomous attempts by the Christian Missionaries to proselytize
then non-Christian tribe that is the Hindu Dimasas to Christianity. It
owes its origin to the missionary vision of a Christian corridor to the
north and south of Assam, the ulterior aim being the balkanization of Bharat.
The Dimasas are demographically
the largest tribe in the North Cachar Hills district followed by the Nagas
and Hmars. They are also one of the few tribes of the northeast who have
successfully with stood the Hurricane unleashed by the Christian missionaries
to proselytize the region by clinging to their traditional faith. They
inhabit the North Cachar Hills, which is sandwiched between the Christian
dominated states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalay as well as Manipur. The
missionaries were largely successful in their malicious mission, thanks
largely to the pre independence British Raj and later by the apathy of
the minority appeasing secular Raj.
The Hmars who ethically belong to
the chin-Kuki-Mizo stock inhabiting the states of Mizoram, Manipur and
Assam are predominantly Christians, have now embarked on faith expansion
spree aided and abetted by the foreign Christian Missionaries. They are
ably assisted by the Illinois (USA) based Hmar theological scholar Rochunga
Pudiate who went on a mass propaganda and fund raising caravan in the west
high lighting the Hmar cause and soliciting donations, which was overwhelmingly
responded.
The ground was made fertile for
the ethnic cleansing of the Dimasas by another Illinois based "Indo - Burma
Pioneering Mission" sponsored "Partnership Mission Society located at Slelmat
in Manipur which recently purchased the Diguncherra Tea Garden of the Paticherra
Tea Estate owned by the Kolkata based P.Syam and brothers group for a consideration
of Rs. 25 Lacs, ostensibly for educating the Hmar dominated villages of
Cachar and North Cachar Hills of modern Tea cultivation as stated by the
society director Kh. Thangdallo but was used for camouflaging their anti
Hindu proselytizing agenda. The Mission appears to have close fraternal
ties with Rochunga Pudiate.
The Hmar Militant out fit the HPC
(D), which owes its existence to the Hmar demand of an autonomous Council
under the sixth schedule of the constitution in the Hmar dominated region
of Mizoram, played in to the hands of the Missionaries. The atmosphere
surcharged with the ominous presence of the all-powerful Christian Naga
insurgent outfit the NSCN (IM). The NSCN (IM) acted stealthily by patronizing
the militant outfit the HPC (D) in implementing the missionary's agenda
either by cajoling or by coercing to change their faith to Christianity.
The NSCN (IM), which has well entrenched
bases in Myanmar and Bangladesh, began to smell foul with the warming up
of the diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Yangon. Fearing reprisals
in Myanmar incase of breakdown of ceasefire with the Central Govt., it
needed a safe passage from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The North Cachar Hills
of Assam acts as the shortest corridor joining the Nagaland and Manipur
Hills adjacent to Myanmar with the of Bangladesh. In order to implement
this hegemony in the N C Hills, it patronized the Dimasas initially with
the hope of Christianizing them for an everlasting religious kinship.
However the Dimasas proved equally
obstinate by rigidly holding their faith Hinduism, thus inviting the wrath
of the Christian Missionaries who left no stones unturned in getting the
NSCN (IM)'s blessings for the Christian Hmars. This is evident from the
fact that the HPC (D), which was a rag tag outfit till a few days ago,
became a heavily armed group overnight thus instilling mortal fear amongst
the Dimasas. The aim is to precipitate their mass exodus to neighboring
districts thus reducing their demographic superiority.
The Dimasas feel increasingly isolated
and vulnerable to these nefarious activities of Christian Missionaries
and their militant progeny.
In the backdrop of the Christian
conspiracy, the Governing Council of Vishwa Hindu Parishad demands that
the Govt. both the Central as well as the state provide
1. A proper relief and rehabilitation.
2. Special Police Out posts in
vulnerable areas.
3. Regular patrolling of Central
security forces And
4. To smash the Hmar Militant hideouts
and training camps located at N C Hills, Cachar, Manipur and Mizoram.