Congress to build anti-CAA memorial if it comes to power in Assam
Tue, Feb 16 2021 07:56:44 PM
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS): Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, taking a tough stance on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Congress on Tuesday announced that the party if elected would build a memorial to commemorate the martyrdom of anti-CAA protestors, who sacrificed their lives to save Assamese pride .
Assam Congress leaders were present during the party s election campaign in the state on Sunday where former Party President and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi announced that the controversial CAA would not be implemented in Assam or any part of the country at any cost.
GUWAHATI: Assam Congress on Tuesday announced that it will build a grand memorial here to commemorate the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) protestors who sacrificed their lives if the party comes to power, its campaign committee chairman Pradyut Bordoloi said on Tuesday.
Bordoloi said the memorial will be built for the anti-CAA peoples movement that has been going on in Assam over the last few years to save Assamese pride .
The Congress announcement came two days after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised that the party will respect the Assam Accord and will not implement the botched-up CAA if it wins the election due in March-April. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora said that the grand memorial will be the state s message to BJP, which is No CAA in Assam .
Congress to build CAA martyrs’ memorial The Grand Old Party has pledged to “commemorate the martyrdom” of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters who “sacrificed” their lives to save “Assamese pride” if it wins Assam Polls
The Congress will build a memorial in Assam to “commemorate the martyrdom” of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters who “sacrificed” their lives to save “Assamese pride” if it wins the upcoming Assembly polls.
Five protesters had died at the peak of anti-CAA protests in Assam in December 2019.
This is the second time in a week that the Opposition party has flagged the CAA issue, making the contentious law the cornerstone of its campaign to regain the state in the April-May polls.
The Congress on Tuesday promised to build a memorial for the “martyrs” of the movement against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) if it is voted back to power in Assam.Five people were allegedly ki
GUWAHATI: Even as BJP has gone silent on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam, which the opposition says is possibly to avoid the wrath of the indigenous communities, Congress on Tuesday announced that the party will build a memorial to commemorate the martyrdom of anti-CAA protesters who sacrificed their lives to save ‘Assamese pride’.
The movement against the CAA lost its vigourisity in Assam with the imposition of the nationwide lockdown due to outbreak of the pandemic. But with Rahul Gandhi affirming that the CAA is a big issue in the coming assembly election, Congress said anti-CAA sentiments have been stirred up again. The statement from the state Congress leadership came just two days after RaGa firmly stated that Congress will respect the Assam Accord and will not implement the “botched-up CAA” if sworn to power.