Two days after the Assam government announced plans to make public the Tewary Commission Report on the Nellie massacre of 1983, a cross-section of people on Saturday (October 25, 2025) voiced apprehension that the move could jeopardise peace among communities.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on Thursday told reporters that the State Cabinet decided to table the Tewary Commission Report in the next Assembly session in November.
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More than 2,000 people were killed in the Nellie incident, which occurred on February 18, 1983, during the peak of the anti-foreigners Assam Agitation. The victims were migrant Muslims, mostly women and children.
"I don’t understand why such an old report will be made public after almost 43 years of the incident. When the wounds have already healed, why scratch those now? Is it being done to instigate people ahead of the Assembly elections?" Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia told PTI.
