Assam farmers' body, ULFA protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam farmers' body, ULFA protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

People are carrying out massive protests in Assam and other parts of North East against the proposed Citizenship Bill. On Friday Assam's farmers organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, pro-talk leaders of United Liberation Front of Assam and many other organisation staged protests against the Citizenship Bill in Guwahaiti, Assam. Thousands of KMSS -- an influential farmers organisation in Assam -- staged massive protests against the Citizenship Bill and marched to Raj Bhawan in Guwahati. Protesters holding cards with "Assam opposes Citizen (Amendment0 Bill" written on them | Photo courtesy: Hemanta Kumar Nath "If this bill is passed then the North East India will be finished. Pro-talk ULFA leader Anup Chetia said that if the bill is passed then the indigenous identity, culture and languages will be finished in the North Eastern region.

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Banned Yesterday, Welcome Today: Farm Laws Repeal, Cong Defections Energise BJP Ahead of Sangrur Bypolls
2 years, 6 months ago

Banned Yesterday, Welcome Today: Farm Laws Repeal, Cong Defections Energise BJP Ahead of Sangrur Bypolls

News 18  

The withdrawal of farm laws and crossover of many senior Congress leaders seem to have given the Bharatiya Janata Party the much-needed push to make its presence felt in the political spectrum of Punjab. The then banned BJP leaders are now conducting meetings in villages, visiting farmers and sharing policies of their party to seek votes for their candidate, Kewal …

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 …

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP

News 18  

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Squatting on a railway track in Punjab’s Amritsar as part of their ‘rail roko’ protest, a group of farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee went shirtless in protest against the three agri-marketing bills passed recently by Parliament. The most widespread protests were in Punjab and Haryana, but demonstrations were also reported from Uttar Pradesh, …

Farmers stage protests against Centre’s agri-ordinances in Punjab
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmers stage protests against Centre’s agri-ordinances in Punjab

The Hindu  

Members of close to a dozen farmer outfits on Monday held demonstrations in Punjab to register their anguish against the Centre’s agriculture-related ordinances, demanding their immediate withdrawal. Several farmers, who were marching from Haryana towards New Delhi to participate in a protest called by the Bharatiya Kisan Union were allegedly stopped at the State border. The farmers were seen raising …

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati
4 years, 11 months ago

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati

India Today  

Continuing its protest against the contentious Citizenship Act, hundreds of women on Sunday staged a protest against the law in Guwahati, Assam. Assamese actress Barsha Rani Bishaya who led the protest, said Assam is not a dumping ground for the illegal foreigners. Barsha Rani Bishaya added that Assam is protesting against the citizenship law because it is a "threat to …

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese

Firstpost  

When the Act says that the persecuted minorities will be given citizenship, it makes one wonder how the level of persecution would be measured. The Assam Accord, signed on 15 August 1985, included the promise by the Central government that it would ensure “constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards…to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of …

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam
5 years ago

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam

Firstpost  

The Opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, Raj Ghat in Delhi, and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstrations were held against the contentious law in several states by students and other citizens. The Opposition on Monday stepped …

Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity
5 years ago

Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity

Firstpost  

Despite no government response to the demands, students across the region continue to protest with full support from their teachers, senior citizens, intellectuals, civil society organisations and the general public. Guwahati: From Assam and Manipur to Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, people across North East have taken to the streets in non-violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, and they have …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests on Dec. 19 | One dies of alleged firearm injury in Lucknow; two die in police firing in Mangaluru
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests on Dec. 19 | One dies of alleged firearm injury in Lucknow; two die in police firing in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

Several protesters hit the roads in many parts of the country — defying prohibitory orders in some States — against the proposed nationwide NRC and the recently passed amended citizenship law. Delhi | 9.30 p.m. 1,200 protesters detained in Delhi, released later Around 1,200 protesters, who staged a protest for scrapping of the amended Citizenship Act, were detained on Thursday …

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful

The Hindu  

Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the Citizenship Act, 2019. Islamic outfit Popular Front of India ’s Assam unit chief Aminul Haque and another office bearer were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the violence during protests over the citizenship law, police said. Also, …

AASU returns to centre stage as Assamese elites, commoners repose faith in student body to lead fight against Citizenship Amendment Act
5 years ago

AASU returns to centre stage as Assamese elites, commoners repose faith in student body to lead fight against Citizenship Amendment Act

Firstpost  

Despite the protests in Assam largely being a spontaneous affair, it is AASU to whom people in Assam look for leadership in such moments of crisis. The previous round of protest actually remained confined to formal members of social organisations, students of a few government colleges and universities, opposition parties, civil society elites, and the sympathetic media that inflated the …

CAA protests: Police detain AASU leaders, over 2,000 protesters in Guwahati
5 years ago

CAA protests: Police detain AASU leaders, over 2,000 protesters in Guwahati

India Today  

Police had detained over 2,000 protesters and the leaders of All Assam Students' Union who took part in a protest rally 'Gana Satyagrah' organised by the students' union in Guwahati on Wednesday. Thousands of people from different communities, artists, cultural activists, and Assam government employees took part in the 'Gana Satyagrah' to protest against the Citizenship Act, 2019 at Latasil …

Citizenship Act: Assam govt to bring in law to protect land rights of ethnic people
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: Assam govt to bring in law to protect land rights of ethnic people

India Today  

The growing agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam has prompted the state government to come out with safeguards for land rights for the indigenous people. The people in Assam are protesting against the CAA over concerns that the new law allowing citizenship to persecuted minorities from the neighbourhood including Bangladesh will be a threat to Assamese identity. "Assam …

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?
5 years ago

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?

Al Jazeera  

As protests continue in Assam, New Delhi and other areas, Al Jazeera looks at three reasons why people are on streets. It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Residents now fear the new citizenship law will provide protection to Bengali-speaking Hindus left off …

Across India, opposition builds against citizenship law
5 years ago

Across India, opposition builds against citizenship law

LA Times  

Students from Jamia Millia Islamia University take part in a protest in New Delhi on Monday. The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was approved by Parliament last week, has sparked protests across India. Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on …

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law
5 years ago

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law

India TV News  

People of the Assamese community in London was joined by other Indians to protest against the amended Citizenship Act outside the Indian High Commission. Demanding revocation of the law, they held a protest gathering against the Act that threatens the linguistic and cultural identity of the Assamese people in Assam, Karuna Sagar Das, a prominent face in the diaspora in …

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law
5 years ago

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law

India Today  

People of the Assamese community in London was joined by other Indians to protest against the amended Citizenship Act outside the Indian High Commission. Demanding revocation of the law, they held a protest gathering against the Act that threatens the linguistic and cultural identity of the Assamese people in Assam, Karuna Sagar Das, a prominent face in the diaspora in …

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act
5 years ago

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: People of Assamese origin protested on Sunday at Dharna Chowk against the Citizenship Amendment Act as they fear that 13 lakh Bangladeshi Hindus will be granted citizenship in their state which will dilute the native culture. An Assamese protestor said, “The NRC has clearly shown that there are 19 lakh illegal citizens in Assam. Our culture and our traditions …

Amid protests in North East over Citizenship Amendment Act, US, UK, France, Canada, Israel issue travel advisories
5 years ago

Amid protests in North East over Citizenship Amendment Act, US, UK, France, Canada, Israel issue travel advisories

Firstpost  

Visit of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe scheduled from 15 to 17 December in Guwahati has also been cancelled and Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has also cancelled his three-day visit to India Amid protests in the North East against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the US, UK, France, Canada and Israel have issued travel advisories asking their citizens to …

Assam Opposition Leader Moves SC Against Citizenship Amendment Act [Read Petition]
5 years ago

Assam Opposition Leader Moves SC Against Citizenship Amendment Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Amidst a State imposed curfew and protests in Assam over the Citizenship Act, 2019, a petition challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 has been filed in Supreme Court by the Leader of Opposition in Assam Legislative Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, along with Abdul Khaleque, a Member of Parliament from Barpeta in Assam and Rupjyoti Kurmi, and MLA from Mariani in the …

Anti-CAA Protests In Assam: Curfew Relaxed In Guwahati Today; B'desh Cancels Ministers' Trips To India
5 years ago

Anti-CAA Protests In Assam: Curfew Relaxed In Guwahati Today; B'desh Cancels Ministers' Trips To India

ABP News  

Guwahati: The curfew imposed in the wake of the protest over the Citizenship Act 2019, has been relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm by the administration. The protests broke out in Guwahati and other parts of Assam following the passage of Citizenship Bill 2019 in Parliament on Wednesday, and it becoming an Act thereupon after the Presidential …

Four dead, several injured in Assam as stir against Citizenship Act enters fourth day; AASU takes battle to SC
5 years ago

Four dead, several injured in Assam as stir against Citizenship Act enters fourth day; AASU takes battle to SC

Firstpost  

Guwahati, the epicenter of protests, witnessed a mass gathering with thousands from different walks of life, including celebrities, eminent personalities, district workers and government teachers participating in the All Assam Student Union’s 10-hour mass hunger strike and raising their voices against the Act. On Friday, the stir in Assam against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act entered its fourth straight day …

Continued protests in NE, AASU calls for hunger strike
5 years ago

Continued protests in NE, AASU calls for hunger strike

Op India  

The indefinite curfew which was in force in Assam’s Dibrugarh municipal area following the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill has been relaxed for five hours on Friday. Reportedly, All Assam Students Union, the prominent students’ body in Assam which is leading the protests against the Citizenship Bill, has called for hunger strike today in Chandmari area of Guwahati. …

Students in Indian capital protest ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
5 years ago

Students in Indian capital protest ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law

Al Jazeera  

Police use tear gas and batons to disperse students in New Delhi who marched to Parliament to protest against new law. Clashes have erupted between students and the police in the Indian capital of New Delhi over a contentious new citizenship law, which critics say is “anti-Muslim” and violates India’s secular constitution. “Jamia has turned into a war zone… They …

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised
5 years ago

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised

Op India  

Protests rage on in Assam for the fourth consecutive day against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 which sailed through both the Upper and Lower house and awaits the President’s assent before becoming a law. As the protests swell, an angry mob in Assam’s Chabua district has set BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire and went on the rampage torching …

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing

The Hindu  

Violent protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued across several districts in the Brahmaputra Valley on Thursday with an indefinite curfew imposed in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Tezpur. Five persons, including a police officer, sustained bullet wounds when a mob attacked the house of Adivasi BJP leader and Union Minister Rameshwar Teli in Duliajan late on Wednesday. Meanwhile, panic buying of …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protest: Assam governor appeals for calm amid violent protests
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protest: Assam governor appeals for calm amid violent protests

India Today  

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Thursday appealed to the people to maintain peace in Assam, the hotbed of protests against the Citizenship Bill. In a statement, Mukhi urged them to maintain restraint as they have always shown patience and political maturity in the past. Mukhi said the approval of the Bill by Parliament has shown that the Centre is committed …

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights
5 years ago

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights

India Today  

India's Northeast is up in arms. Violent protests continue unabated in Assam and Tripura even a day after Rajya Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Bill, pushing it one step closer towards becoming a law of the land. A day after the Citizenship Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha test, massive protests that started earlier this week continue to keep Guwahati and …

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended

The Hindu  

Two columns of the Army were deployed in Guwahati and in Kanchanpur and Manu areas of Tripura on Wednesday as protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued for the second day. Another column, requisitioned in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district, has been put on standby and the paramilitary Assam Rifles have been deployed in the Ananda Bazar area of Kanchanpur, where …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning

India Today  

It is Hong Kong in Guwahati. Though the BJP has tried to hard sell the bill projecting it as a strategy to protect the Hindu identity of Assam against the influx of Muslims from Bangladesh, it failed to take into account the fear among the Assamese people of cultural hegemony of Hindu Bengalis. And if Miyah poets were not enough …

Assam on boil as Citizenship Amendment Bill passes Parliament test: Curfew imposed in Guwahati, Army on standby
5 years ago

Assam on boil as Citizenship Amendment Bill passes Parliament test: Curfew imposed in Guwahati, Army on standby

India Today  

The Citizenship Bill's passage through Parliament has divided the country into jubilations and protests. Curfew in Guwahati after violent protests The state government placed Guwahati under curfew, starting from 7 pm on Wednesday till 7 pm on Thursday, after tens of thousands of anti-CAB protesters descended on the streets of Assam, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos …

CAB stir: Bandh agitators clash with security forces in Assam, train services affected
5 years, 1 month ago

CAB stir: Bandh agitators clash with security forces in Assam, train services affected

India TV News  

Normal life came to a halt on Tuesday in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley due to a statewide bandh called by two students' organizations in protest against the Citizenship Bill, which has received Lok Sabha nod. Agitators had a scuffle with security forces near the Secretariat and Assembly buildings in Guwahati, when they were prevented from moving forward, police sources said. Vehicles …

12-hour bandh in Northeast in protest against CAB; Manipur suspends stir
5 years, 1 month ago

12-hour bandh in Northeast in protest against CAB; Manipur suspends stir

India TV News  

The 12-hour Northeast bandh called by an umbrella body of students' organisations of the region to protest against the Citizenship Bill began at 5 am on Tuesday. The North East Students' Organisation, backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm against the Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Parties …

Massive anti-NRC rally in Kolkata
5 years, 1 month ago

Massive anti-NRC rally in Kolkata

The Hindu  

On a day Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Citizenship Bill, 2019 in Parliament, Kolkata witnessed a massive anti-NRC rally, organised by a leftist civil society platform, Joint Forum Against NRC. Participants said, “A country cannot be run by fear.” Many left parties, other than the CPI, participated in the rally, which was part of a month-long campaign against …

Protests erupt in northeast as it braces for bandh after Shah tables CAB in Parliament
5 years, 1 month ago

Protests erupt in northeast as it braces for bandh after Shah tables CAB in Parliament

Live Mint  

Guwahati/Kolkata: Forbidding clouds of anger and apprehension gathered over northeastern states on Monday, a day ahead of the shutdown called by NESO, an umbrella organisation of students in the restive region, despite Home Minister Amit Shah's painstaking efforts to allay their fears. The 48-hour Assam bandh called by the All Moran Students' Union to protest against the Citizenship Bill and …

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

The Union government is likely to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 in Parliament today, one that has been a source of serious contention in the Northeast-especially Assam. Though the bill covers refugees from three nations, the people in the Northeast fear that it will primarily benefit the illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh who have settled in "large numbers" …

Anti-CAB protests in parts of country as Centre readies to table bill in Parliament; North East bandh called on 11 Dec
5 years, 1 month ago

Anti-CAB protests in parts of country as Centre readies to table bill in Parliament; North East bandh called on 11 Dec

Firstpost  

Protests against the Citizenship Bill and a nationwide NRC have intensified with rallies and marches being held in Delhi, Assam, Manipur and parts of India over the weekend, and several more planned to start from Monday, the day the contentious bill set to be tabled in the Parliament Protests against the Citizenship Bill and a nationwide NRC have intensified with …

All you need to know about Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

All you need to know about Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Hindustan Times  

WHAT IS THE CITIZENSHIP BILL? Assam, Nov 18 : Activists of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti hold placards during a protest against the Citizenship Bill 2016, in Guwahati on Monday. - The bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make people from Hindu, Sikh, Jain Buddhist, Christian and Parsi faiths who entered India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible for …

Assam Congress MLAs protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill inside Assembly
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam Congress MLAs protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill inside Assembly

India Today  

A day after the Union cabinet cleared the Citizenship Bill, 2019 for tabling in the Parliament, Congress MLAs on Thursday staged a protest against the bill at the Assam Assembly campus during the ongoing winter session. Terming the bill unconstitutional, the Assam Congress MLAs demanded the government to scrap the bill immediately. The Congress MLAs led by opposition leader Debabrata …

Various organisations, students protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam
5 years, 1 month ago

Various organisations, students protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam

India Today  

Various organisations, students of Assam protested against the Citizenship Bill across the state and said that it is an unconstitutional and anti-national bill. On the other hand, the activists of All Assam Students’ Union an influenced student body of Assam, burnt effigies of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma, Atul Bora, Keshab Mahanta and state BJP …

AASU takes out rally in Assam against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

AASU takes out rally in Assam against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

The All Assam Students' Union and 30 other indigenous organisations on Thursday evening took out torchlight processions across Assam in protest against the proposed Citizenship Bill. In Guwahati, hundreds of AASU and other indigenous organisations workers, supporters took part in the protest processions and shouted slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government and demanded to scrap the bill. The …

Lapse of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill greeted with celebration in Assam; Tripura's Biplab Deb says 'no one can disrupt peace'
5 years, 10 months ago

Lapse of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill greeted with celebration in Assam; Tripura's Biplab Deb says 'no one can disrupt peace'

Firstpost  

Opposition parties in Assam, especially the Congress at its party office in Guwahati, celebrated after the Citizenship Bill failed to make it through the Rajya Sabha. Guwahati: Opposition parties in Assam celebrated after the Citizenship Bill failed to make it through the Rajya Sabha. Celebrations were Commenting on the issue, Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb said, “My government will not …

Narendra Modi faces protests over Citizenship Bill during North East visit; welcomed with black flags, slogans in Assam
5 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi faces protests over Citizenship Bill during North East visit; welcomed with black flags, slogans in Assam

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday make a whirlwind tour of the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Tripura during which he will lay the foundation stone of the new Greenfield airport and Sela tunnel, launch the DD Arun Prabha channel and will unveil various other development projects. As Narendra Modi starts a whirlwind tour to the North …

We should quit India if Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed: threatens activist Akhil Gogoi
5 years, 11 months ago

We should quit India if Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed: threatens activist Akhil Gogoi

Op India  

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi while addressing a rally at Panitola in Assam’s Tinsukia district has issued a secessionist statement over the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The north-eastern part of India, especially Assam, has witnessed widespread protest and agitation by political parties and pressure groups, after Lok Sabha on 8th January passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The bill’s aim …

NDA’s former ally AGP now finds support from Meghalaya Chief Minister against the Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 11 months ago

NDA’s former ally AGP now finds support from Meghalaya Chief Minister against the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Op India  

Earlier this month, Assam Gana Parishad had exited the BJP-led government in Assam protesting the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Now, National Peoples Party’s supremo and Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma has also joined AGP’s protests against the bill and labelled it as a huge threat to the stability of north-east. CM Sangma, accompanied by Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, had met …

Only Citizenship Amendment Bill can save Assam from becoming another Jammu and Kashmir: Himanta Biswa Sarma
5 years, 11 months ago

Only Citizenship Amendment Bill can save Assam from becoming another Jammu and Kashmir: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Op India  

The Architect of Bhartiya Janta Party’s rise in north-east and Assam’s state finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that only way to stop Assam from becoming like Jammu and Kashmir is Citizenship Amendment Bill along with enforcement of clause 6 of Assam Accords and ST Status to six tribal communities. Asserting that the state is witnessing a major demographic …

Protests against citizenship bill continue unabated in Assam; agitations held in Guwahati, Tinsukia, Tezpur
5 years, 11 months ago

Protests against citizenship bill continue unabated in Assam; agitations held in Guwahati, Tinsukia, Tezpur

Firstpost  

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill showed no sign of waning in Assam on Saturday as agitators staged semi-clad protests in Tezpur, organised citizen’s meeting in Guwahati and women held a rally in Tinsukia. Guwahati: Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill showed no sign of waning in Assam on Saturday as agitators staged semi-clad protests in Tezpur, organised citizen’s meeting …

Citizenship Bill Row: Protests rage on in Assam
5 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Bill Row: Protests rage on in Assam

India TV News  

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill showed no sign of waning in Assam on Saturday as agitators staged semi-clad protests in Tezpur, took out women's rally in Tinsukia, and organised citizen's meeting in Guwahati. In Tezpur town of Sonitpur district in lower Assam, activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad staged a semi-clad protest. In Tinsukia district of upper …

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