On December 8, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) ransacked District office of Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) in Chowkidingee in Dibrugarh District, reports The Telegraph. AGP is the ruling partner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam.
Additionally, Security has been heightened in Assam in the run upto tabling of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and heightening protests against it, reports Assam Tribune on December 9. Additional forces have been deployed in various parts of the State in apprehension of law and order problems that might crop up. The CAB is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on December 9 and kept for subsequent passage on December 10. The Assam Police headquarters has directed Superintendents of Police (SPs) of all the districts to remain alert to prevent any kind of untoward incident and, if necessary, make preventive arrests. In view of the shutdown call by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) on December 10, police sources said elaborate arrangements have been put in place to ensure that no damage is caused to life and public property.
Earlier on December 7, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Rameswar Teli was heckled by some activists of All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and locals at Naharkatia area in Dibrugarh District in Assam, India Today. AASU and locals were protesting against the CAB.
Additionally, Assam Food and Civil Supplies minister and AGP leader Phani Bhushan Choudhury also faced protest from anti-CAB protesters on December 7, reports India Today. Anticipating physical attack, Phani Bhushan Choudhury immediately stopped his speech and left from the spot while the meeting was in progress.