Assam: Students protest against CAA, burnt copies of the Act

GUWAHATI-  The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and 30 indigenous organisations on Monday burnt copies of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in different parts of Assam including state capital Guwahati.

In Dibrugarh, AASU members were engaged in a scuffle with police when the latter tried to stop them from taking out a procession from their office in the Chowkidingi area of the town.

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The Nalbari district unit of AASU took out a protest rally and also burnt copies of the Act in front of the local municipal board office.

“On Tuesday, copies of the CAA will be burnt by the North East Student Organisation (NESO) in all state capitals of the region. AASU and 30 organisations will also take out torchlight processions in Assam, and launch a satyagraha from the next day,” said, AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharjya.

Bhattacharjya asserted that the indigenous people of Assam and North East will never accept CAA.

He also claimed that the CAA goes against the Assam Accord, which sets March 25, 1971, as the deadline for identification of illegal migrants in this northeastern state.

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Meanwhile, students have started protesting against the CAA in different parts of the state, including in front of Cotton University in Guwahati.

The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), which was formed post the anti-CAA movement in the state in 2019-20, staged protests in different parts of the state.

Its members displayed black flags and raised slogans against the government as they took out protest marches in several parts, including Guwahati.