Assam: Several Thousand Morans Rally against CAA in Tinsukia

Tinsukia, January 19, 2019:

Thousands belonging to the Moran community of Assam on Sunday staged a massive protest in Tinsukia, Assam, against the Citizenship Amendment Act wherein they demanded the Narendra Modi-led Central Government to roll back the contentious legislation.

The protest programme (termed as 'Gan Samawesh') wasorganised at the Borguri Janomukh playground in Tinsukia by the All Moran Student Union with the help of all indigenous organizations of Tinsukia, as well as several concerned citizens.

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Today, several thousand protesters belonging to the Moran community, which is one of the indigenous communities residing in the Upper Assam region, participated in the protest, and were joined by several student organizations who raised their voices against the "unconstitutional" and "communal" CAA.

All Moran Student' Union's Central President Arun Jyoti Moran, leading the charge against the CAA, said that the legislation would not be accepted by the Motoks at any cost, and condemned the Government for allegedly seeking to harbour Bangladeshi "foreigners".

It may be mentioned here that the streets of Assam for the last one month echoed once again with the immortal tunes of late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s songs, played by the anti-CAA movement. Songs that shriek and reveal the spirit of the land, its people and their struggles. In Upper Assam, the songs of Bhupen daa and the spirit of rebellion is especially strong, as the activists and student bodies have been campaigning non-stop across the region to pressurize the Government to roll back the CAA.

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