GUWAHATI: Assam govt staff have made up our minds to join hands with All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) to accentuate protests in opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, with the slogan “Job now not above motherland”. The move is more likely to create issues for the Sarbananda Sonowal-led BJP govt in the state.
The Sodou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) — the affiliation with the enhance of just about four lakh Assam govt staff — on Tuesday announced state-wide agitations in protest in opposition to the Bill, announcing if carried out it would threaten the identification, tradition and heritage of indigenous folks of Assam.
The affiliation said it would additionally urge the state govt to make sure an errorfree National Register of Citizens (NRC). “...We made up our minds to join hands with Aasu to combat for the state’s purpose, ” said SAKP leader Basab Kalita.
On Tuesday, a 100-hour “economic” blockade was once organised by the Jatiyo-Jangosthiyo Aikyo Mancha (JJAM), an umbrella organisation of 12 outfits, in Dibrugarh. Protesters burnt tyres to block NH-37, connecting Assam to Manipur. Hundreds of cars, together with Oil India Limited tankers and Coal India vehicles, have been left stranded. However, cars sporting crucial commodities have been allowed to ply.
“So a ways there is no plan to name off the blockade. We need to ship out a robust message to the Centre... The Bill, if carried out, will jeopardise the way forward for indigenous folks of Assam,” said Deep Dowerah, a JJAM member. “When the state is going through common protests in opposition to the Citizenship... Bill, he (Sonowal) selected to go to Vietnam and that too by a chartered flight. This shows how irresponsible the chief minister is,” former CM Tarun Gogoi said.
The Sodou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) — the affiliation with the enhance of just about four lakh Assam govt staff — on Tuesday announced state-wide agitations in protest in opposition to the Bill, announcing if carried out it would threaten the identification, tradition and heritage of indigenous folks of Assam.
The affiliation said it would additionally urge the state govt to make sure an errorfree National Register of Citizens (NRC). “...We made up our minds to join hands with Aasu to combat for the state’s purpose, ” said SAKP leader Basab Kalita.
On Tuesday, a 100-hour “economic” blockade was once organised by the Jatiyo-Jangosthiyo Aikyo Mancha (JJAM), an umbrella organisation of 12 outfits, in Dibrugarh. Protesters burnt tyres to block NH-37, connecting Assam to Manipur. Hundreds of cars, together with Oil India Limited tankers and Coal India vehicles, have been left stranded. However, cars sporting crucial commodities have been allowed to ply.
“So a ways there is no plan to name off the blockade. We need to ship out a robust message to the Centre... The Bill, if carried out, will jeopardise the way forward for indigenous folks of Assam,” said Deep Dowerah, a JJAM member. “When the state is going through common protests in opposition to the Citizenship... Bill, he (Sonowal) selected to go to Vietnam and that too by a chartered flight. This shows how irresponsible the chief minister is,” former CM Tarun Gogoi said.
Assam government staffers join stir against citizenship bill
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