Photo On Assam Government Website Sparks Calls For Removal

All Assam Minority Students' Union submitted a memorandum to Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua, demanding the removal of the photograph from the website.

Demands are being made for the removal of a photograph taken during the 2012 Bodoland violence from an Assam government website, with many saying that the manner in which it has been used shows "Indian citizens as foreigners". The All Assam Minority Students' Union today submitted a memorandum to Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua, demanding the removal of the photograph from the website. The photograph was clicked by photographer and journalist Abdul Maleque Ahmed during the 2012 ethnic violence in Bodoland. It shows a family, which was living in Bhawnipur village in Chirang district and had to flee and take refuge in a relief camp after the minority community was targeted. The photograph has now been used to mark the "Foreigners Tribunal" section in the state Home and Political Department website.