Assam Protests News Today

The Communist Party of India in Assam demands the cessation of the Subansiri Hydroelectric Project, citing environmental concerns and rising consumer prices.

The protests took place in Assam's Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts against the draft delimination proposal published by the Election Commission last month.

The ongoing Budget Session in the Assam Assembly witnessed protests by the Opposition who questioned the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP government in the state over the Class X general science question paper leak.

The five were part of the six who had earlier been charged with arson for allegedly burning down a police station while protesting.

Amid violent protests in northeast and other parts of the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday dropped a big hint that “some changes” can be made in the amended Citizenship Act, that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to illegal non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a key ally of the ruling BJP in northeast, has taken a u-turn on the Citizenship Act, days after supporting it in Parliament. The AGP will now move the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Act, that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to illegal non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The changes in their stand was announced by the AGP on Saturday after a key meeting of senior party leaders.

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests engulfed the northeastern states of Assam and Tripura on Thursday. Tens of thousands of protesters demanding revocation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill or CAB, cleared by Parliament on Wednesday, clashed with police and set several vehicles on fire.