Aasu relaunches anti-CAA protest

Takes out massive motorbike rally across Assam

The powerful All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Thursday took out a massive bike rally in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across the state. Hundreds of AASU members took out a motorbike rally, demanding the repeal of the contentious act. The rally was taken out in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar and several other district headquarters of the state.

As per programme announced by the students’ body, on March 8, the day PM Modi is scheduled to visit Assam, a ceremonial lamp will be lit in front of the image of the five martyrs of the anti-CAA movement across regional areas in the memory of the martyrs. This apart, a 12-hour hungerstrike will be observed from 6 am to 6 pm on March 9. A “satyagraha” has been planned at the district headquarters across the state, the date for which will be announced later by Aasu and the 30 organisations which have announced the launching a fresh agitation against the CAA.

AASU chief adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said that the injustice done by the Central government towards Assam will not be tolerated and the movement will continue. He warned the Central and state governments not to play with the future of the indigenous people of

Assam.

“We have not accepted the CAA and will not adhere to it,” he said, adding that the movement against the CAA, which is the protector of illegal Bangladeshis, unconstitutional, communal, antiindigenous, violator of the Assam Accord, will continue. He also added that their movement will not affect the academic life of the students. The organisations said they will take forward this non-violent movement against the CAA unitedly in consultation with likeminded organisations.

A “SATYAGRAHA” has been planned across the state, the date for which will be announced later and 30 organisations have announced launching of fresh agitation against the CAA