A memorandum of demands presented to the President of Bangladesh by the Jumma Refugees in Tripura, India 22 June 1990
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DOCUMENT: JUMMAREF.TXT
A MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH
BY THE JUMMA REFUGEES THROUGH HEAD OF THE BANGLADESH DELEGATION
ON REPATRIATION OF THE JUMMA REFUGEES FROM TRIPURA, INDIA.
(sent by Jumma refugees no resident in Tripura on 22 June, 1990)
Your Excellency,
We about 70,000 ill-fated Jumma refugees were compelled to
take shelter into Tripura, India as a result from genocide,
killing, torture, rape, looting, arson, eviction, land-grabbing,
religious persecution, conversion to Islam etc. perpetrated by
Bangladesh army in league with thousands of Muslim infiltrators in
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The Jumma people hoped that the
independence of Bangladesh would be meaningful to them. They
hoped for minimum human rights what Pakistan Government trampled
down. Pakistan Government plotted to exterminate the Jumma people
through process. But the Bangladesh Government in rapture, has
made two steps forward to destroy the national existence of the
Jumma people more earlier. It deployed thousands of army, BDR,
Police etc. in CHT to exterminate the Jumma people. Today CHT
reduced into slaughter house of the Jumma people and flooded by
thousands of Muslim infiltrators to reduce it into a Muslim
populated area. What is more tragedious is that the minimum
rights enjoyed by Jumma people by CHT Regulation-1900 (I of 1900)
to safeguard their national existence was curtailed by repealment
of CHT Regulation-1900 and enactment of Zilla Parishad Act.
The Bangladesh delegation tried to motivate us for
repatriation claiming that situation in CHT is peaceful, life
security will be given to us, CHT problem has been solved and so
on. We believe their plea for repatriation of us is ill-motivated
and fabricated. Having been detailed thousands of army, BDR,
Police etc. in CHT and conducting operation after operation by
them on innocent Jumma people, enforcing the Jumma people to
bring in the Concentration Camps (cluster villages), resorting to
implement the Zilla Parishad with a few government stooges and
puppets through military terrorism, evicting the Jumma people from
their hearths and homes, grabbing their lands by Muslim
infiltrators and above all without solution of the problem of CHT
with Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) the claim for peaceful situation in
CHT is quite absurd and baseless. The black Zilla Parishad Act
for CHT is a political bluff and mainly aimed to deviate the world
opinion from CHT issue. It is a rolling stone for exterminating
the national existence of the Jumma people soon. So we vehemently
oppose this Zilla Parishad Act.
We are eager for going back to our homeland and live like
human beings with legitimate human rights. We have submitted two
memorandum to Your Excellency, regarding our repatriation through
Mr. Farooq Ahmed Chowdhury, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India
in July, 1988 and Mr. A. Mayeed Chowdhury, Joint Secretary in May,
1989 at Jatanbari, Tripura State of India, who led the Bangladesh
delegation for repatriation of Jumma refugees. But our utter
regret is that Your Excellency did not fulfil our demands for
repatriation. In reiterating the previous memorandum we, again,
put forth following demands:
1. A meaningful talk be held between Government of India,
Government of Bangladesh and Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS)
who is fighting for our cause for permanent solution of
CHT crisis. Representatives from Jumma refugees should
also be included in the talk. The talk be held in
presence of the representatives of the U.N.O.,
International Human Rights and Red Cross Committees.
2. To implement the accord of the dialogue properly, U.N.O.
observers be requested to be present in CHT during
implementation of the accord.
3. To stop further infiltration into and withdrawal of all
infiltrated Bangladeshi Muslims from CHT.
4. To ensure the restoration of the Jumma land forcibly
occupied by the Muslim infiltrators.
5. To ensure proper compensation of life and property lost
by the Jumma people by attack of Bangladesh forces and
Muslim infiltrators.
6. To ensure security of life and property with full
guarantee of proper rehabilitation.
7. To stop forcible conversion of Jumma people to Islam and
to get back all converted Jumma people to their own
religion.
8. To stop forcing Jumma people to make concentration
village namely, cluster villages, collective villages
etc. which are detrimental to the interest of the Jumma
people.
9. To withdraw all the military and para-military camps,
cantonments from CHT.
10. To repeal Parbatya Zilla Parishad Act in the interest of
Jumma people.
11. To observe the implementation of repatriation of the
refugees of CHT, arrangement be made for visit of Indian
people representatives, voluntary organizations, Press
Agencies such as P.T.I., U.N.I., B.B.C., V.O.A., etc. and
the refugee leaders.
Date 10.5.'90 Jumma refugees at South Tripura, India.
SIGNATORIES
1. Shri Upendra Lal Chakma, Ex-M.P., Bangladesh,
2. Shri Suresh Kanti Chakma,
3. Shri Ranjit Narayan Tripura,
4. Shri Akshoy Mani Chakma,
5. Shri Mohan Lal Chakma,
6. Shri Samarjit Chakma,
7. Shri Indra Kumar Tripura,
8. Shri Joy Sen Tripura,
9. Shri Daya Ranjan Chakma,
10. Shri Prabhakar Chakma,
11. Shri Jugantar Chakma,
12. Rev. Jnana Dhwaja Bhikshu,
13. Shri Shanti Bikash Chakma,
14. Shri Rashik Ranjan Tripura,
15. Shri Lal Kishore Tripura,
16. Shri Ramendu Bilash Chakma,
17. Shri Prafulla Kumar Chakma,
18. Shri Ghanashyam Chakma,
19. Shri Ketoki Mohan Roaza,
20. Shri Kong Chairi Marma,
21. Shri Thuila Prue Marma,
22. Shri Hemanta Prashad Chakma,
23. Shri Sukamal Chakma,
24. Shri Prashanta Tripura,
25. Shri Athoi Marma,
26. Shri Rabi Mohan Chakma,
27. Shri Aniruddha Chakma,
28. Shri Rabindra Nath Chakma,
29. Shri Arun Bikash Chakma,
30. Shri Jadra Mog,
31. Shri Mongcha Prue Karbari,
32. Shri Ajit Baran Chakma,
33. Shri Satyaban Chakma,
34. Shri Puspa Kanti Chakma,
35. Shri Nakul Chandra Tripura
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