Newly-Elected 'Assam Sahitya Sabha' President Kuladhar Saikia Opposes CAA

Guwahati, January 3, 2019:

Former Assam DGP and newly-elected Assam Sahitya Sabha President Kuladhar Saikia has joined the long list of litterateurs and artistes opposed to the amendment of the Citizenship Act, that was recently rammed through both Houses of Parliament by BJP-majorities.

Saikia, upon being asked about the contentious issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act, told the media, "I have seen protests are being held against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Nobody can support this Act. The opinion is loud and clear -- nobody can support this legislation. In this regard, the Assam Sahitya Sabha has also launched numerous campaigns -- that can be seen on the media."

Earlier, on December 2, DGP Kuladhar Saikia was elected as the 103rd president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha with a comprehensive margin of victory.

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Saikia earned the position after winning 269 votes during the executive meeting of the literary body on January 2. He will assume office for a two-year term in the next biennial session of the Sabha to be held soon. As many as seven candidates filed their nomination for the post of president.

Kuladhar Saikia retired as Director-General of Assam police on August 31, 2018 and served an extension of a three-month service. He was an IPS officer (1985 batch).

Saikia has also his mark in the literary hemisphere of Assam. He is a Fulbright scholar and winner of several literary awards, who also has a doctorate from an Indian Institute of Technology. Saikia had won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2015 for his book ‘Akakhor Sobi Aaru Anyanya Galpa (Picture of the Sky and Other Tales)’.

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