GUWAHATI: The Assamese Community in London has joined within the ongoing opposition to centre’s Citizenship (Amendment) Bill within the state describing it as a risk to Assam’s demography, culture, and the Assamese language.
A delegation of the non-resident Assamese recommended Indian High Commissioner to UK, YK Sinha, to put across their concern to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee as India executive’s UK representative
“There is a sturdy chance that a vital beneficiary of this amendment can be Bangladeshi Hindus and would immigrate to Assam.This will endanger the very lifestyles of Assamese culture and Assamese identity. No other state faces one of these possibility and due to this fact those states are detached to this building,” Rini Kakati, Assam coordinator for the UK of the group, Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters said in an email.
She added that the present attempt of the Government of India to increase citizenship beyond the cutoff point of 24th March 1971 is unacceptable. “The state of Assam is already overburdened with a high inflow of foreign nationals from Bangladesh, causing serious financial and social distress and identity crisis for the indigenous communities of Assam. Under these instances, the proposed amendment poses a significant risk to the lifestyles of Assam as a novel cultural and linguistic entity enshrined within the formation of more than a few states on the independence of India,” she said and added, “We due to this fact strongly call for the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.”
A delegation of the non-resident Assamese recommended Indian High Commissioner to UK, YK Sinha, to put across their concern to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee as India executive’s UK representative
“There is a sturdy chance that a vital beneficiary of this amendment can be Bangladeshi Hindus and would immigrate to Assam.This will endanger the very lifestyles of Assamese culture and Assamese identity. No other state faces one of these possibility and due to this fact those states are detached to this building,” Rini Kakati, Assam coordinator for the UK of the group, Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters said in an email.
She added that the present attempt of the Government of India to increase citizenship beyond the cutoff point of 24th March 1971 is unacceptable. “The state of Assam is already overburdened with a high inflow of foreign nationals from Bangladesh, causing serious financial and social distress and identity crisis for the indigenous communities of Assam. Under these instances, the proposed amendment poses a significant risk to the lifestyles of Assam as a novel cultural and linguistic entity enshrined within the formation of more than a few states on the independence of India,” she said and added, “We due to this fact strongly call for the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.”
Assamese community in London opposes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
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