AASU TO STEP UP ANTI-CAA STIR AFTER EXAMS

The All Assam Students Union (Aasu) here on Friday decided to intensify the ongoing agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act once the ongoing Class X and XII Board examinations are over in midMarch.

Informing that the decision was taken in the central executive body meeting of the Aasu which was held here on Thursday night, the Aasu leader said that the muchtalked about plan of Aasu to float a political party to take on the BJP in the 2021 Assembly polls did not come up for discussion.

Indicating that issue of forming the political party may be raised in the delegate meeting of the student body which started on Friday, sources in the students body said, “Without taking the view of the Aasu delegates from all over the state, it's difficult to reach a conclusion on floating a political party out of the anti-CAA movement. The demands of the people of various parts of the state will be raised by the delegates. The top brass of the party will first listen to them and in the next central executive meeting of Aasu, they may deliberate on the issue of floating the new political party.”

If insiders are to be believed, there are two views in the students body on the issue of floating a political party and preparing a new political alternative as the BJP and the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) have refused to join the anti-CAA movement. Meanwhile, Aasu general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi said that there is a need for leaders.