Protests continue in India’s Assam
Protests continued in Assam yesterday against the Indian government’s move to introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, that seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the current winter session of parliament.
Leading youth organization Asom Jatiyabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) took out a huge protest rally in Guwahati in protest against the Bill.
Holding banners and placards, the protesters marched from Guwahati Club point demanding that the Bill be scrapped as it “goes against the existence of the indigenous people of Assam and other North East states”.
The AJYCP has been protesting against the Bill since early this year along with influential All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and social organization Krishak Mukti Sangram Parishad (KMSS) saying the legislation will not be accepted at any cost by the people of the state.
AJYCP general secretary Palash Changmai, who led the march, told reporters that “the BJP-led government at the Centre in its political interest to hold on to power wants to impose this legislation on us which threatens the existence of the people of Assam and the Northeast.”
“Chief Minister of Assam is today silent on CAB when his counterparts in the N-E are strongly opposing it,” he said.
“We demand a plebiscite on CAB and then the government take a decision whether to or not bring the law based on its outcome”, maintained the leader of AJYCP.
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