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 to create fear among the common people. The BJP's 2019 Lok Sabha candidate from Silchar, Rajdeep Roy, said that his grandfather was a victim of religious persecution in East Pakistan and they took shelter in India in the 1950s. Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said that though one section of the people has realised that NRC and CAA are “fake promises”, one section still believes and depends on the BJP. Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan said that with CAA and NRC, BJP is trying to suppress the voices of common people, especially the Hindus.

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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 …

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 …

INTERVIEW| CAA won't impact Assam's indigenous people; IMDT was discriminatory: Union Minister Sonowal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

INTERVIEW| CAA won't impact Assam's indigenous people; IMDT was discriminatory: Union Minister Sonowal

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Union Minister and BJP candidate in Dibrugarh, Sarbananda Sonowal, expressed confidence on Sunday in the party securing a third term and reaching the 400-seat target set for the National Democratic Alliance. Speaking about the Citizenship Amendment Act, the former Assam CM said that it won't impact the identity of indigenous people in the state and accused the Congress of …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

No CAA in Bengal, Tamil Nadu: Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin voice opposition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

No CAA in Bengal, Tamil Nadu: Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin voice opposition

Live Mint  

On January 29, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur announced that the Citizenship Act was set to be enforced nationwide within a week. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Tamil Nadu counterpart, MK Stalin, have voiced strong opposition. What Mamata Banerjee said Banerjee has vehemently opposed the CAA and related policies like the National Register of Citizens and the Uniform …

BJP using CBI, ED to threaten people to get votes in LS polls: Mamata Banerjee
10 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP using CBI, ED to threaten people to get votes in LS polls: Mamata Banerjee

Live Mint  

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of threatening people to send probe agencies to their homes if they do not vote for the saffron party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. I do not do drama by visiting poor people's homes to eat food brought from outside,” the West Bengal …

BJP committed to implementing CAA, matter of time its rules are framed: Himanta Sarma
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP committed to implementing CAA, matter of time its rules are framed: Himanta Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on November 12 said the BJP is committed to implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and it is a matter of time that its rules are framed. Asked why the rules for the Act had not been framed yet, Mr. Sarma pointed out that there were people protesting against the CAA and thereafter, the coronavirus …

BJP Dangles CAA like Carrot; Congress Leaders Busy on Twitter, Hence The Exodus to TMC: Abhishek Banerjee
2 years, 7 months ago

BJP Dangles CAA like Carrot; Congress Leaders Busy on Twitter, Hence The Exodus to TMC: Abhishek Banerjee

News 18  

Hard on the heels of union minister home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Assam, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee reached the north-eastern state to inaugurate his party’s office in Guwahati. Abhishek, who is TMC chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, has been leading his party’s efforts to broaden its presence across the country, with particular …

Why Matuas, BJP's most important voter base in Bengal, are scared with delay in implementing CAA
2 years, 10 months ago

Why Matuas, BJP's most important voter base in Bengal, are scared with delay in implementing CAA

Firstpost  

The Matua community which is considered the Dalits of Bengal mostly reside on the Bangladesh border in the districts including Nadia and North 24 Parganas Matuas, the untouchables in the Bengal caste system, are considered one of the most important voter bases of the BJP in the state. According to the 2021 Assembly election results, the BJP won around 13 …

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 …

Pakistan, Bangladesh communal as they have no Hindu leaders, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan, Bangladesh communal as they have no Hindu leaders, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said Pakistan and Bangladesh were not secular due to the absence of Hindu leaders in the two countries. In Pakistan and Bangladesh, Hindus were not leaders, so they became communal,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said. We need to protect the Assamese culture and I am sure that they will find a way to …

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 …

No plans to conduct NRC exercise in Bengal, CAA to be implemented, says Kailash Vijayvargiya
3 years, 8 months ago

No plans to conduct NRC exercise in Bengal, CAA to be implemented, says Kailash Vijayvargiya

Firstpost  

According to state BJP sources, the new citizenship law will benefit more than 1.5 crore people in India, including over 72 lakh in West Bengal Kolkata: Countering the Opposition’s claims that the BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will update the National Register of Citizens, thereby “taking away the citizenship rights of people”, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the saffron camp’s national …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Will a Congress-AIUDF alliance end up helping the BJP?
3 years, 10 months ago

Will a Congress-AIUDF alliance end up helping the BJP?

India Today  

In the second week of January, when the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front announced a pre-poll alliance for the Assam assembly election scheduled for April, there was jubilation among the Opposition parties in the state. These parties will be headed by disgruntled minority leaders of the Congress and AIUDF and will cause division of Muslim votes in …

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 …

Bihar Assembly Elections | Congress, RJD too scared to talk about CAA, NRC: Asaduddin Owaisi
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly Elections | Congress, RJD too scared to talk about CAA, NRC: Asaduddin Owaisi

The Hindu  

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen won five seats in the Bihar Assembly election, getting over five lakh votes out of the four crore polled. Excerpts: The central theme of your campaign in Bihar 2020 elections was the CAA and the NRC and the muted response of the RJD and the Congress on them. We do not have the compulsions of …

'CAA, Farm Reforms Are Historic Moves by Govt, BJP Will Definitely Come to Power in Bengal', Says Actress-turned Politician Roopa Ganguly
4 years, 1 month ago

'CAA, Farm Reforms Are Historic Moves by Govt, BJP Will Definitely Come to Power in Bengal', Says Actress-turned Politician Roopa Ganguly

News 18  

Known for her rendition of ‘Draupadi’ in BR Chopra’s hit television series Mahabharat, Roopa Ganguly- a versatile actress and a playback singer was nominated as Rajya Sabha MP by the Bharatiya Janata Party in October 2016. Daughter of partition survivors, Roopa termed the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act and ‘Farm Bill’ as historic for the lakhs of refugees like …

Won by CAA, betrayed by clause 6, Bengali Hindus wary of BJP's politics in Assam
4 years, 3 months ago

Won by CAA, betrayed by clause 6, Bengali Hindus wary of BJP's politics in Assam

Firstpost  

Although the new citizenship law came as a ray of hope, civil society groups and activists say that the clause 6 committee recommendations and the continuing citizenship trials have disrupted their faith in the government. Even the mere recommendation of 1951 as the cut off date, said Shyamal Sarkar a member of the Bengali Hindu Federation, reveals the Bharatiya Janata …

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