After Covid hiatus, Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests begin in Assam
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Assam had witnessed heavy protests last year when CAA, aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible to apply for Indian citizenship, was passed by Parliament. Five people were killed in the protests in Assam.
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Assam had witnessed heavy protests last year when CAA, aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible to apply for Indian citizenship, was passed by Parliament.
Guwahati: Black flags marking the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests have started reappearing in Assam after a nine-month Covid-induced hiatus with students’ groupings in the North East observing Friday as a Black Day.
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Eighteen Assam organisations on Friday launched fresh protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), demanding its repeal and release of jailed KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi who was taken into custody during the protests last year.
Unions including the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, All Assam Students Union (AASU), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad, Lachit Sena, besides students, and youth organisations of ethnic communities, took out protest rallies across the state.
This time too, the agitation began from Sivasagar, the same place from where it was launched last year before getting halted due to Covid-19.
Mentioning that the CAA was against the identity, language and cultural heritage of the indigenous people of the state, the protestors were demanding that the act be revoked.
Assam: Cargo reaches Lower Subansiri HE Project site despite protests
Cargo was taken to destination after police detained protesters blocking movement of goods to plant at Laluk on Wednesday
| 11 Dec 2020 12:10 PM GMT
Dhemaji: Despite protests, the cargo meant for the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project (LSHEP) at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district on the Assam-Arunachal border has now reached the project site, said reports. The cargo was taken to its destination after the police detained groups of protesters blocking the movement of goods to the plant at Laluk in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Five vehicles carrying various equipment and types of machinery for the river dam project by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd were blocked by anti-dam protesters as the vehicles arrived at Laluk in Lakhimpur district en route to Gerukamukh on Tuesday.