All Assam Student Union to hold state wide protest on March 20 against CAA

All Assam Student Union (AASU) will hold a state wide protest on March 20 against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Prime minister Narendra Modi is likely to address an election rally in Chabua in Upper Assam on March 20.

AASU president Dipanka Nath said, “We will hold a mega anti CAA protest on March 20. The AASU activists would take out motor bike rallies in every part of the State.”


Nath said that CAA is a threat to the identity and culture of Assam. AASU also plans to mobilise student activists to create awareness regarding CAA and clause 6 implementation of Assam Accord.

AASU will hold its central executive meet next week and also organise the delegates’ meet simultaneously.

Assam witnessed bitter protest in 2019 and early 2020 when the CAA — which aims to make 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. There was a large-scale violence curfew for several days.

Congress party in Assam promised five guarantees if voted to power. Congressgeneral secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that a law that nullifies the CAA will be brought so thatCAA is not implemented in Assam