Assam students' union to launch anti-CAA protests during PM Modi and Amit Shah's visit
3 years, 11 months ago

Assam students' union to launch anti-CAA protests during PM Modi and Amit Shah's visit

India Today  

All Assam Students' Union has announced a series of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Assam. In a press conference, AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath and General Secretary Sankar Jyoti Baruah said the students' organisation will launch a series of agitation programme from January 22 to January 24 during the proposed visit of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to the state. On January 23, all our students will wear black face masks across the state and will protest against PM Modi visit to the state," Dipanka Kumar Nath said. "On January 24, we will hoist black flags and burn copies of the CAA in every district and we will observe black day," Dipanka Kumar Nath said.

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Don’t send CAA cases to tribunal, Assam police told
5 months, 1 week ago

Don’t send CAA cases to tribunal, Assam police told

Hindustan Times  

The Assam government has directed the border wing of the state police not to forward to foreigners’ tribunals the cases of people who have entered Assam and are eligible for grant of Indian citizenship under the terms of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Don’t send CAA cases to tribunal, Assam police told As per provisions of CAA 2019, which was implemented …

Only eight applied for citizenship under CAA in Assam: CM Himanta
5 months, 1 week ago

Only eight applied for citizenship under CAA in Assam: CM Himanta

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Four months elapsed since the Centre notified the rules for the implementation of contentious Citizenship Act but only eight persons applied for citizenship in Assam under this amended law. People from six non-Muslim communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who entered India till December 31, 2014, can apply for citizenship under CAA. “People who came to India before 2015 …

CAA is against provisions of Assam Accord: Priyanka Gandhi
8 months, 1 week ago

CAA is against provisions of Assam Accord: Priyanka Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday stated that the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act are against the Assam Accord signed nearly four decades ago. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the INDIA bloc’s ‘Loktantra Bachao Rally’ at Ramleela Maidan in New Delhi on March 31. Addressing the crowd during a road show organised in Jorhat in Assam …

Protests against CAA should continue: Zubeen Garg
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Protests against CAA should continue: Zubeen Garg

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati, Mar 26 Popular singer Zubeen Garg on Tuesday said the people of Assam would never accept the Citizenship Act or CAA, and protests against it should continue but without any bloodshed. He said he will continue opposing it on various forums, and also urged for concerted efforts in winning the legal battle to get the Act scrapped. Noting that …

Students Clash in Guwahati University over CAA
9 months ago

Students Clash in Guwahati University over CAA

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: A clash broke out between the Guwahati University Students' Union and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at Guwahati University on Monday where the University Students’ Union along with a few other student organizations had been protesting against the display of black flags and anti-CAA demonstrations within the university premises. The clash coincided with the ABVP State Students’ Leaders’ Conference …

Asaduddin Owaisi knocks Supreme Court’s door to ‘stay’ implementation of CAA
9 months, 1 week ago

Asaduddin Owaisi knocks Supreme Court’s door to ‘stay’ implementation of CAA

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the Rules, 2024. As reported by ANI, Owaisi said, “No applications seeking grant of citizenship status be entertained or processed by the government under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act,1955 Act, 2019) during …

Amid CAA row, Asaduddin Owaisi questions fate of ‘1.5 lakh Muslims left out of NRC in Assam’
9 months, 1 week ago

Amid CAA row, Asaduddin Owaisi questions fate of ‘1.5 lakh Muslims left out of NRC in Assam’

Hindustan Times  

Amid a row over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday questioned the fate of 1.5 lakh Muslims, who were allegedly left out of the National Register of Citizens list in Assam. Addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, days after the BJP-led Centre published the rules for implementing CAA …

Opposition spreading lies about CAA, claims Amit Shah
9 months, 1 week ago

Opposition spreading lies about CAA, claims Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday has accused the Opposition of spreading falsehoods about the Citizenship Amendment Act and asserted that it is only meant to give citizenship to refugees from neighbouring countries not to take away citizenship from people of the country. The CAA is the promise made in the party’s manifesto and the Bharatiya Janata Party Government …

Amid Assam protest over CAA, CM Himanta Sarma's ‘will resign if…' vow on NRC
9 months, 1 week ago

Amid Assam protest over CAA, CM Himanta Sarma's ‘will resign if…' vow on NRC

Hindustan Times  

A day after protests erupted across Assam following the Centre's notification for the contentious Citizenship Act, 2019, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he will be the first to resign even if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens in the state, gets citizenship, news agency PTI reported. “I am a son …

Political, student, indigenous groups plan protests against CAA in northeast
9 months, 1 week ago

Political, student, indigenous groups plan protests against CAA in northeast

Hindustan Times  

Congress-led United Opposition Forum and nearly 30 student and indigenous bodies, including the All Assam Students Union, plan to intensify protests against the Citizenship Act after the notification of the rules on Monday for the implementation of the legislation. We have applied to file a petition in the Supreme Court opposing CAA.” On February 29, UOF submitted a memorandum to …

Anti-CAA protests in Assam: Guwahati Police threatens to take legal action
9 months, 1 week ago

Anti-CAA protests in Assam: Guwahati Police threatens to take legal action

Live Mint  

Anti-CAA protest Assam: On March 11, the Centre initiated the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. The Guwahati Police has cautioned against damages during protests, stating legal actions will be taken against violators. CAA India LIVE Updates Assam has a history with the CAA, marked by violent protests in 2019 resulting in casualties. Assam CM’s warning Assam Chief Minister …

Assam: Guwahati Police's warning after CAA copies burnt, ‘hartal’ announced
9 months, 1 week ago

Assam: Guwahati Police's warning after CAA copies burnt, ‘hartal’ announced

Hindustan Times  

The Guwahati police issued a legal notice to the organisations which have called for a hartal in Assam to protest against the contentious Citizenship Act. Soon after the Centre announced the implementation of the CAA, protests erupted across Assam with Opposition flaying the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre. Follow live updates on CAA notification In a stern warning …

Kejriwal's ‘vote bank politics’ charge on BJP over CAA implementation
9 months, 1 week ago

Kejriwal's ‘vote bank politics’ charge on BJP over CAA implementation

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government over the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act. Instead of solving those real issues, these people have brought CAA,” Kejriwal said in a post on social platform X. People will give a befitting reply in the Lok Sabha elections,” Kejriwal said. Citizenship Amendment Act notified The Union home ministry …

Assam on High Alert as MHA Notifies CAA Rules
9 months, 1 week ago

Assam on High Alert as MHA Notifies CAA Rules

Deccan Chronicle  

The CAA is seen in Assam as a violation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which stipulated that only those foreigners who had come into the state before March 24, 1971, would be included as citizens. It was Asserting that Assam is not going to accept it, the chief adviser of the student body Mr Samujjal Bhattacharya said, “We have decided …

Amit Shah, BJP leaders hail ‘Modi ki guarantee’ as CAA rules notified
9 months, 1 week ago

Amit Shah, BJP leaders hail ‘Modi ki guarantee’ as CAA rules notified

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah and other leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party hailed prime minister Narendra Modi after the central government on Monday notified Citizenship Amendment Act across the country. Meanwhile, here's how BJP leaders reacted: Amit Shah : “PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has delivered on another commitment and realised the promise of the makers of our constitution …

PM Modi reaches Assam amid anti-CAA mood
9 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi reaches Assam amid anti-CAA mood

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Friday evening amid rising sentiments against the Citizenship Act. Anti-CAA protest The Prime Minister’s visit was preceded by widespread anti-CAA protests by members of the All Assam Students’ Union and the United Opposition Forum Assam, a 16-party bloc headed by the Congress. The anti-CAA mood has been …

Opposition parties in Assam seek meeting with PM Modi over CAA
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition parties in Assam seek meeting with PM Modi over CAA

The Hindu  

Opposition parties in Assam have sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the State later this week to apprise him of the "volatile situation likely to arise" if the Citizenship Act or CAA is implemented. A letter seeking an appointment with PM Modi was dispatched by state Congress chief Bhupen Borah, who is also the …

Assam's Opposition parties seek meeting with PM Modi on CAA, warn of 'volatile situation' upon rollout
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam's Opposition parties seek meeting with PM Modi on CAA, warn of 'volatile situation' upon rollout

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The 16-party United Opposition Forum of Assam has sought an appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appraise him of the ground situation arising out of Union home minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that the Citizenship Act would be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections. A letter, signed by Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah and Assam Jatiya Parishad …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Assam’s Stand Against the CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Assam’s Stand Against the CAA

The Hindu  

Assam faces another round of protests against the Citizenship Act of 2019 with a conglomerate of 16 political parties and about 30 NGOs announcing a series of agitations. The NGOs headed by the All Assam Students’ Union will also observe a 12-hour hunger strike on March 9 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State. “The Assamese people will …

CAA rules likely to be notified before Lok Sabha poll announcement: Report
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA rules likely to be notified before Lok Sabha poll announcement: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Home Affairs is expected to notify the rules for the implementation of the Citizenship Act within the next couple of weeks, reported The Indian Express. The CAA amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to provide a path to Indian citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis who migrated from neighbouring Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan, …

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Hindustan Times  

Assam witnessed a protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act ahead of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on Saturday. Members of the Co-ordination Committee Against CAA, Assam staged a protest at Guwahati’s Lakhidhar Borah Khetra on Saturday afternoon, and it was attended by Sahitya Academy award winning writer Hiren Gohain and other eminent citizens from …

CAA Does Not Violate Assam Accord & Cultural Rights Of People In North-East : Centre Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

CAA Does Not Violate Assam Accord & Cultural Rights Of People In North-East : Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 does not violate the cultural rights of the indigenous people in Assam and North Eastern States.In an additional counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court specifically addressing issues raised in relation to North-Eastern states, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that "there is no provision in CAA. …

If I Am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Will Ensure CAA is Not Implemented: Yashwant Sinha
2 years, 5 months ago

If I Am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Will Ensure CAA is Not Implemented: Yashwant Sinha

News 18  

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Citizenship Amendment Act is not implemented. Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was ”foolishly drafted” in a hurry. ”Citizenship is a major issue for Assam, …

Assam students union demands for repealing of Citizenship Amendment Act
3 years, 1 month ago

Assam students union demands for repealing of Citizenship Amendment Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The decision of the Central government to repeal the three farm laws after year-long protests may revive the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act movement once again in Assam with the powerful All Assam Students Union on Saturday asserting that like the three farms law, the Central government will have to repeal the “anti-people CAA”. Pointing out that repeal of the three …

Need to balance identity issues: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma admits to Assamese having reservations on CAA
3 years, 5 months ago

Need to balance identity issues: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma admits to Assamese having reservations on CAA

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said he is a supporter of the Citizenship Amendment Act, and added that there is a “historical duty to displace people who have been persecuted”. “I will remain a supporter of the CAA but we will have to address the identity issues, protect our own culture and the Assamese people will find …

Unlike BJP, Congress fulfils its promises, says Rahul Gandhi in Assam
3 years, 8 months ago

Unlike BJP, Congress fulfils its promises, says Rahul Gandhi in Assam

India Today  

A day before Phase 2 voting in Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Kamakhya temple in Guwahati to seek blessings. Rahul Gandhi also offered prayers at the Shaktipeeth atop the Nilachal Hill before he left for election rallies at Chaygaon and Barkhetri, which go to the polls in the last phase on April 6. Speaking to PTI, Rahul Gandhi said …

In Assam and Bengal, the BJP’s contrasting approach to CAA-NRC
3 years, 8 months ago

In Assam and Bengal, the BJP’s contrasting approach to CAA-NRC

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party ’s dilemma regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in election-bound West Bengal and Assam became obvious on Tuesday when the party released its manifesto for the Assam elections. The party’s national president JP Nadda, while releasing the poll manifesto in Assam, said CAA cannot be changed through a state legislation and …

Assam Election: CAA unlikely to be major poll issue as not all see Act detrimental to state, say experts
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam Election: CAA unlikely to be major poll issue as not all see Act detrimental to state, say experts

Firstpost  

In December 2019, a vast swathe in Assam erupted in vociferous protests against the Citizenship Act, 2019, fuelling speculation about the future of the BJP-led coalition government in the state. Almost one-and-a-half years later the issue has not fizzled out with the All Assam Students’ Union relaunching the agitation against the controversial law and the Opposition Congress leaving no stone …

Assam polls: BJP releases poll manifesto, promises NRC correction and freedom from vagaries of floods
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam polls: BJP releases poll manifesto, promises NRC correction and freedom from vagaries of floods

Firstpost  

Guwahati: BJP President JP Nadda on Tuesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act has been passed by the Parliament and will be implemented “in time”. BJP national president JP Nadda releases party manifesto for #AssamAssemblyElections2021 Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and state Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma are also present. pic.twitter.com/AOXpkmXXbp — ANI March 23, 2021 …

Assam Assembly Election 2021 | CAA will be implemented after polls, says BJP chief
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Election 2021 | CAA will be implemented after polls, says BJP chief

The Hindu  

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass has said his party will implement the Citizenship Act after the three-phase Assembly elections in the State ending on April 6. The CAA offers fast-track citizenship to non-Muslims who allegedly fled religious persecution in three neighbouring countries and took refuge in India by December 31, 2014. “The BJP leaders may be keeping quiet on …

Ahead of Assam polls, AASU launches fresh anti-CAA agitation
3 years, 9 months ago

Ahead of Assam polls, AASU launches fresh anti-CAA agitation

India Today  

Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, All Assam Students' Union has launched fresh protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Apart from Guwahati, the students' organisation also held anti-CAA agitations in Biswanath, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Nagaon, Nalbari and other parts of the state. The AASU held the fresh anti-CAA agitation across Assam on Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra …

BJP talks of implementing CAA everywhere but goes mum on it in Assam: Priyanka Gandhi
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP talks of implementing CAA everywhere but goes mum on it in Assam: Priyanka Gandhi

India Today  

Starting her two-day visit to poll-bound Assam, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over its "silence" on implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Addressing a rally in Tezpur on Tuesday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "All over India, the BJP talks of implementing CAA, but why does it become mum on it in …

BJP 'keeps mum' on implementing CAA in Assam, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ahead of state Assembly polls
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP 'keeps mum' on implementing CAA in Assam, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ahead of state Assembly polls

Firstpost  

Lakhimpur/Gohpur: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed that BJP leaders talk about implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act in various parts of the country, but lack the courage to mention it in Assam. Or is it remote-controlled from outside?” Beginning and ending her speech with “Joi Aai Asom”, the Congress leader said, “You are not fighting for the …

Congress will never implement CAA if voted to power in Assam: Rahul
3 years, 10 months ago

Congress will never implement CAA if voted to power in Assam: Rahul

Deccan Chronicle  

Sivasagar: Accusing the BJP and RSS of dividing Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will never implement the Citizenship Act if voted to power in the state. Addressing his first public rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections due in March-April, Gandhi said that the …

Will never implement CAA if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi at his maiden Assam rally ahead of polls
3 years, 10 months ago

Will never implement CAA if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi at his maiden Assam rally ahead of polls

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he will never implement the Citizenship Act if voted to power in the state. "If Assam is divided, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah will not be affected, but the people of Assam and the rest of India will be affected." At the rally, Gandhi said Assam needs …

Ahead of PM Modi's Visit to Poll-bound Assam, Congress Poses 24 Questions for Him
3 years, 11 months ago

Ahead of PM Modi's Visit to Poll-bound Assam, Congress Poses 24 Questions for Him

News 18  

The Congress in Assam on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 24 questions on issues such as enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the governments “failure” to deport Bangladeshis illegally living in the state and “creating hurdles” in development of industry. State Congress president Ripun Bora posed these questions in a press conference ahead of the prime ministers visit …

AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA
4 years ago

AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA

India Today  

Various organisations in Northeast India will re-launch agitation programmes to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act from Friday. The North East Students’ Organization will observe Friday as black day across the region as a sign of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. NESO, which comprises the All Assam Students’ Union, All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, Khasi Students' Union, Mizo …

Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped
4 years ago

Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped

India Today  

While the Centre is preparing to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 across the country, All Assam Students' Union and other students' organisations in the north-eastern region have intensified their agitation against the contentious law. North East Students' Organisation -- comprising All Assam Students' Union, All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union, Khasi Students' Union, Mizo Zirlai Pawl, Garo Students' Union, Naga …

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