AASU, Congress, AIUDF welcome SC judgment upholding validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act.
Section 6A was inserted into the Citizenship Act as a special provision to deal with the citizenship of people covered under the 1985 Assam Accord.......
GUWAHATI- The All Assam Students Union (AASU), which spearheaded a six-year-long agitation against illegal immigrants in Assam in 1979-85, welcomed the Supreme Court judgment upholding the validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act.
AASU described the judgment as “historic” while the original petitioner who challenged the provision of the law termed the ruling as “unfortunate” saying it will make the state a “dumping ground” for foreigners, a media report said.
AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjya said with its order on Section 6A of Citizenship Act 1955, the Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval to the Assam Accord under which all those who had entered Assam illegally must be detected and deported from the country.
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Assam Congress leader Ripun Bora hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming the validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which recognizes the Assam Accord, as a landmark decision for the people of Assam. “This is a very historic judgment,” Bora said.
Bora said that “ the Accord established March 25, 1971, as the cutoff date for detecting and deporting illegal migrants, a consensus that resonated across the diverse population of Assam, irrespective of caste, creed, or religion ”.
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All India United Democratic Front ( AIUDF ) General Secretary Aminul Islam said on Thursday that his party welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act.
“All India United Democratic Front welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court of India. Fifteen years of the long hearing process are over and the Court has upheld the decision of the Assam accord. It is a victory of the Assam Accord,” Islam told ANI.
Section 6A was inserted into the Citizenship Act as a special provision to deal with the citizenship of people covered under the 1985 Assam Accord signed by the Rajiv Gandhi government with the AASU, then headed by Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, who later twice became chief minister of Assam.
