GUWAHATI: Thousands of persons participated in a mass starvation strike right here on Tuesday to protest towards the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.
The protest at the Assam Engineering College flooring in Chandmari area was once led by means of the All Assam Students Union and supported by means of no less than 28 different organisations, together with the Asom Gana Parishad, a spouse of the BJP-led government in Assam, and the Congress.
"Assam is not a dumping ground. We have registered our protests against the bill several times. We will not accept it at any cost," AASU Adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya mentioned whilst addressing the gathering at the protest web site.
Protests have transform the order of the day in Assam since a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 visited the state this month.
"The infiltration from Bangladesh has impacted the demographics in Assam. The central and Assam governments must respect the Assam Accord, which clearly said that the cut-off date for identification and deportation of Bangladeshis is the midnight of March 24, 1971," Bhattacharyya mentioned and warned of a large agitation in case the Centre and state went forward with the passage and implementation of the bill.
The protest at the Assam Engineering College flooring in Chandmari area was once led by means of the All Assam Students Union and supported by means of no less than 28 different organisations, together with the Asom Gana Parishad, a spouse of the BJP-led government in Assam, and the Congress.
"Assam is not a dumping ground. We have registered our protests against the bill several times. We will not accept it at any cost," AASU Adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya mentioned whilst addressing the gathering at the protest web site.
Protests have transform the order of the day in Assam since a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 visited the state this month.
"The infiltration from Bangladesh has impacted the demographics in Assam. The central and Assam governments must respect the Assam Accord, which clearly said that the cut-off date for identification and deportation of Bangladeshis is the midnight of March 24, 1971," Bhattacharyya mentioned and warned of a large agitation in case the Centre and state went forward with the passage and implementation of the bill.
Thousands join mass hunger strike in Assam against Citizenship Bill
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