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 President Draupadi Murmu seeking repeal of CAA or its non-implementation in Assam, calling the legislation unconstitutional. The calls for protests against the legislation continued even as Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday warned political parties could lose their registrations if they call for strikes in violation of a high court order. Assam Police chief GP Singh on February 29 cited the March 2019 high court order asking the government to hold those calling for bandhs accountable. “With the GSDP of Assam pegged at ₹5,65,401 crore, loss from a day’s bandh would be approximately ₹1643 crores recoverable from those who call for such a bandh in accordance with Para 35 of the aforementioned order of the Hon’ble Gauhati High Court order,” he said in a post on X.

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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 …

Are CAA-NRC going against the BJP in Barak Valley? The Opposition says it will
8 months ago

Are CAA-NRC going against the BJP in Barak Valley? The Opposition says it will

Hindustan Times  

Manindra Das, 72, from Assam's Cachar district was arrested as an illegal migrant by the border police in 2019 after a Foreigners Tribunal snatched his Indian citizenship in a judgement the year before. According to Kishore Kumar Bhattacharjee from the Assam-based organisation, Citizens’ Right Preservation Committee, the “D Voters” issue, NRC and now CAA, all are instruments of the government …

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 …

'CAA Will Ensure Only Muslims Excluded From NRC Will Face Action' : Assam Congress Leaders Approach Supreme Court
9 months, 1 week ago

'CAA Will Ensure Only Muslims Excluded From NRC Will Face Action' : Assam Congress Leaders Approach Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Leader of Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Mr. Debabrata Saika, and Congress MP from Assam, Mr. Abdul Khaleque, have filed an interim application in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024 notified on March 11. Yesterday, the All Assam Students Union filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the …

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 …

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 …

Call for protests in Assam after CAA notification, Opposition warned of action
9 months, 1 week ago

Call for protests in Assam after CAA notification, Opposition warned of action

India Today  

Guwahati Police has served legal notice to political parties under the United Opposition Forum in Assam and other organisations for their unified call to protest against the Citizenship Act during the statewide 'Sarbatmak Hartal' on Tuesday. "Any damage to public/private property, including Railway and National Highway properties or injury to any citizen caused due to 'Sarbatmak Hartal', legal action under …

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 …

'CAA will spell doom for local Assamese': Groups, Opposition call for united fight
9 months, 1 week ago

'CAA will spell doom for local Assamese': Groups, Opposition call for united fight

New Indian Express  

The AASU said the “dictatorial” BJP government at the Centre imposed CAA by taking advantage of its strength in Parliament. “CAA will spell doom for the indigenous people of Assam as well as the Northeast,” AASU president Utpal Sarma warned. He said if Assam were to take the burden of the illegal migrants, who entered the state on December 31, …

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 …

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 …

Assam's 16-party Opposition bloc warns of mass protests if CAA is implemented
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam's 16-party Opposition bloc warns of mass protests if CAA is implemented

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Assam braces for a fresh round of protests against the contentious Citizenship Act following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that CAA will be notified and implemented before the Lok Sabha elections. The 16-party United Opposition Forum Assam submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday through Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking her intervention in the matter. …

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. …

Explained | Why is the anti-CAA movement gathering steam in Assam?
3 years ago

Explained | Why is the anti-CAA movement gathering steam in Assam?

The Hindu  

The repeal of the three controversial farm laws has stimulated the anti-Citizenship Act groups in Assam. They have announced a slew of protest programmes from December 10, coinciding with the death anniversary of Khargeswar Talukdar, revered in the State as the first ‘martyr’ of the six-year Assam Agitation against ‘illegal immigrants.’ Organisations in other northeastern States, specifically Meghalaya, have echoed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Assam Organisations Pay Homage to 5 Anti-CAA Protestors Killed Last Year
4 years ago

Assam Organisations Pay Homage to 5 Anti-CAA Protestors Killed Last Year

News 18  

Several organisations on Saturday paid tributes to the five persons killed during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Assam in December last year. The All Assam Students Union organised a programme here to pay homage to the five as part of its 'Gana Hunkar' campaign across the state, while the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti observed 'Sankalp Divas' and vowed to renew …

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 …

Thousands Protest in Assam Demanding Repeal of CAA, Draft EIA Notification
4 years, 4 months ago

Thousands Protest in Assam Demanding Repeal of CAA, Draft EIA Notification

News 18  

Thousands of protestors hit the roads across Assam on Monday, demanding the repeal of the Citizenship Act and the draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020. It is also unfortunate how this government has vindictively kept Akhil Gogoi inside jail just to derail the anti-CAA movement," AJYCP's Guwahati unit president Pradip Kalita said while taking part in a human chain in …

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