Assam: AJYCP to 'Gherao' Dispur on December 12

Guwahati, December 8, 2019:

The Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP), which is an influential student body from Assam, has issued a warning to the Government ahead of the tabulation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. The organization has announced that its members will march on capital city Dispur if the Bill passes the Parliament test.

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AJYCP general secretary Palash Changmai, commending the people for their role in the pushback against the Bill, said that compared to the last agitation against the CAB, the response has been even better this time around.

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Extending support to the 'shutdown' called by the various indigenous organizations on December 9 and 10, the AJYCP leader stated that the organization is planning to conduct protest marches across the state.

"You have seen that the Bill will be passed on December 9 and 10 -- thus, on December 9 and 10, we urge the people of the state to come out onto the streets and protest against the Bill instead of sitting in their houses", Changmai appealed.

The AJYCP leader has also stated that the organization will burn effigies of the MPs -- belonging to both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha -- on December 11. On December 12th, the AJYCP has resolved to march to Dispur to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. "We will reach the main gate of Dispur, once the Bill is passed..", Changmai added.

Changmai also cautioned that the areas in Assam which are not protected under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution, will be negatively impacted by the Bill and resolved to take the matter to the Supreme Court if the Bill is passed. Changmai further stated that as long as a single Assamese is alive, the Bill will not be accepted.

It may be mentioned here that the Government is aiming to amend a 1955 law that grants citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the Muslim-dominated countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan if they have lived in India for six years or more.

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