The stir against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 has gained momentum in Assam even as thousands of people cutting across different section of the society and ideologies joined a dawn to dusk mass hunger strike in Guwahati on Tuesday denouncing the Bill.
The mass hunger strike organised by the All Assam students’ Union (Aasu) started at 6 am and continued till 5 pm which witnessed participation from28 organizations including different tribal students’ organizations, cultural organizations, senior citizens’ as well as intellectuals and different political parties including the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Congress. The AGP is a partner of the BJP led government in Assam.
The participants of the hunger strike unitedly sent a strong message to the Government that the controversial Bill will not be accepted at any cost.
“Assam is not a dumping ground of Bangkladeshis. Ours is a small, state and we have taken enough burden of foreigners since before Independence. But we cannot afford to have any more Bangladeshis, which ha posed threat to the indigenous people of Assam,” said Aasu Adviser Dr. Samujjal Bhattacharyya.