Assam divided into pre-CAA, post-CAA: Gaurav Gogoi
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam divided into pre-CAA, post-CAA: Gaurav Gogoi

The Hindu  

Strongly defending Congress joining hands with AIUDF, Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said the socio-politico scenario of Assam changed completely after the Citizenship Act, uniting those opposed to the contentious legislation as per wishes of the people. “But they switched stance and voted in favour of CAA in Rajya Sabha, thereby delegitimising the Assam agitation and the Assam Accord, in which their own party had a tremendous role,” Mr. Gogoi said. When asked why the two new anti-CAA parties, Raijor Dal and Assam Jatiya Parishad, are not in the grouping, Mr. Gogoi said Congress had invited them but they did not accept it. Extending support to jailed anti-CAA activist and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi, the Congress leader said the extended incarceration of the peasant leader is “unjust, inhuman and we continue to voice that”.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

3 new parties formed against CAA fail to make a mark in Assam elections
3 years, 7 months ago

3 new parties formed against CAA fail to make a mark in Assam elections

Op India  

While the assembly election results in West Bengal have thrown up a surprise, as the state has given a clear mandate again for TMC against the close contest predicted by most pollsters, there were no such surprises in neighbouring Assam. Ahead of the assembly elections in Assam, three new political parties were formed with one common agenda, to repeal the …

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 …

Voters' Brahmastra will throw BJP out of power in Assam: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
3 years, 8 months ago

Voters' Brahmastra will throw BJP out of power in Assam: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

India Today  

Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Assam, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that voters' Brahmastra will throw the party out of power in the state. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Bhupesh Baghel said, “A democracy provides each citizen with the Brahmastra of …

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 …

To oust BJP, Congress begins 'Save Assam' campaign with CAA as core poll issue
3 years, 10 months ago

To oust BJP, Congress begins 'Save Assam' campaign with CAA as core poll issue

India Today  

As the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is back in political discourse in Assam with elections to its assembly just weeks away, Congress has made it the party's core issue to "save" the poll-bound state. A team of the Congress, headed by Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaura Gogoi, MP Pradyut Bordoloi, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora, …

Himanta pans CAA critics, says BJP to balance Hindu and Assamese interests
3 years, 10 months ago

Himanta pans CAA critics, says BJP to balance Hindu and Assamese interests

The Hindu  

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed the opponents of the Citizenship Act for separating Assamese nationalism from Hindu or Indian nationalism. He backed the Centre’s decision to protect Hindu immigrants by implementing the CAA and said the BJP’s agenda for the upcoming Assembly elections would be to strike a fine balance between Assamese interests and Hindu interests. Indicating some …

Why CAA has made a comeback in Bengal, Assam and Kerala polls
3 years, 10 months ago

Why CAA has made a comeback in Bengal, Assam and Kerala polls

India Today  

The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament in 2019, evoking a series of protests across the country. Following Amit Shah’s thrust for the CAA, other BJP leaders amplified the statement in Bengal, Assam and also Kerala. The BJP expects to gain from non-Muslim immigrant vote bank while the Congress and TMC eye the Muslim vote bank opposed to 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 …

CAA dilemma for BJP as it eyes both Bengal and Assam
4 years ago

CAA dilemma for BJP as it eyes both Bengal and Assam

India Today  

West Bengal and Assam will go to assembly polls next year around the same time in April-May next year. Assam won't accept this," AASU general secretary Sankar Jyoti Barua was quoted by the Times of India as saying while responding to Amit Shah's CAA remark in Bengal. This time around, the AASU is backing a new political outfit called the …

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