GUWAHATI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed at Borjhar in Guwahati to attend a chain of functions slated on Saturday, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) started a torchlight march a couple of kilometres away in protest against the debatable Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
Police straight away swung into motion to forestall the rallyists which used to be heading in opposition to the Dighalipukhuri area, situated near the road in which the PM used to be heading to the Raj Bhavan. Already, Section 144 has been imposed in the town to limit any more or less protest. Besides Guwahati, equivalent protests have been additionally held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon, Morigaon, Nalbari, Barpeta and different places.
AGP has snapped ties with the ruling BJP after the invoice used to be handed in Lok Sabha in January. “The AGP has remained company on its stand not to permit any immigrant, irrespective of their faith in the state. The Prime Minister will have to understand the sentiments of the folks of the state and appreciate their call for and straight away withdraw the invoice,” said AGP president Atul Bora, who had submitted his resignation from the post of state’s agriculture minister after the party got here out of the federal government.
Former chief minister Prafulla Mahanta, senior leader Phani Bhushan Choudhury, former MP Biren Baishya and many others participated in the protest rally. The regional party alleged that the state unit of BJP has grew to become an reputable serve as right into a party meeting. On Saturday, the PM is slated to attend a number of reputable functions at Changsari, at the outskirts of the town, prior to addressing a public rally.
According to AGP, the invoice would make the Assam Accord ‘redundant’. While the Accord recognized anyone who entered Assam prior to the cutoff date of March 25, 1971, as a citizen of India, the invoice seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who had entered India prior to December 31, 2014.
“We want to remind the PM about his personal promise of making Assam free of Bangladeshis. Today, he's determined to herald the invoice to get votes. Modi must not suppose that the folks of the state aren't going to just accept the invoice,” said AGP spokesperson Manoj Saikia.
After the AGP got here out of the alliance, the party has been trying to unite all the regional forces in the northeastern states against the invoice. BJP’s allies in the North East Democratic Alliance — a platform of non-Congress parties — have additionally threatened to wreck their alliances if the Centre pushes the invoice.
Police straight away swung into motion to forestall the rallyists which used to be heading in opposition to the Dighalipukhuri area, situated near the road in which the PM used to be heading to the Raj Bhavan. Already, Section 144 has been imposed in the town to limit any more or less protest. Besides Guwahati, equivalent protests have been additionally held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon, Morigaon, Nalbari, Barpeta and different places.
AGP has snapped ties with the ruling BJP after the invoice used to be handed in Lok Sabha in January. “The AGP has remained company on its stand not to permit any immigrant, irrespective of their faith in the state. The Prime Minister will have to understand the sentiments of the folks of the state and appreciate their call for and straight away withdraw the invoice,” said AGP president Atul Bora, who had submitted his resignation from the post of state’s agriculture minister after the party got here out of the federal government.
Former chief minister Prafulla Mahanta, senior leader Phani Bhushan Choudhury, former MP Biren Baishya and many others participated in the protest rally. The regional party alleged that the state unit of BJP has grew to become an reputable serve as right into a party meeting. On Saturday, the PM is slated to attend a number of reputable functions at Changsari, at the outskirts of the town, prior to addressing a public rally.
According to AGP, the invoice would make the Assam Accord ‘redundant’. While the Accord recognized anyone who entered Assam prior to the cutoff date of March 25, 1971, as a citizen of India, the invoice seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who had entered India prior to December 31, 2014.
“We want to remind the PM about his personal promise of making Assam free of Bangladeshis. Today, he's determined to herald the invoice to get votes. Modi must not suppose that the folks of the state aren't going to just accept the invoice,” said AGP spokesperson Manoj Saikia.
After the AGP got here out of the alliance, the party has been trying to unite all the regional forces in the northeastern states against the invoice. BJP’s allies in the North East Democratic Alliance — a platform of non-Congress parties — have additionally threatened to wreck their alliances if the Centre pushes the invoice.
As PM Narendra Modi arrives, AGP activists stage torchlight rally
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