On December 6, the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and several other leading organisations continue to steer the ongoing protest against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019 in different parts of the State, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Gauhati University Teachers’ Association staged a protest on the university premises demanding the scrapping of the CAB 2019, reports The Telegraph.
The AASU’s Lahoal unit in association with various other ethnic organisations staged a massive blockade of the National Highway (NH)-37 near Lahoal in Dibrugarh District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Assam Sahitya Sabha, Dibrugarh unit also staged a sit-in demonstration in protest against CAB in its office campus at Chowkidinghee in Dibrugarh District, reports The Assam Tribune.
Similarly, the Chabua unit of AASU also organised a sit-in demonstration along with the local ethnic bodies in Chabua town in Dibrugarh District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Dibrugarh District Congress Committee observed a seven-hour fast in protest against CAB by squatting near Chowkidinghee Chariali in Dibrugarh District, reports The Assam Tribune
More than 3000 protesters gathered to oppose the CAB 2019 at the Old Bus Stand area of Duliajan in Dibrugarh District, reports The Assam Tribune.Journalists belonging to print and electronic media of the District and its adjoining areas took out a protest rally from the Jorhat Press Club and after passing through the thoroughfares staged a demonstration in front of the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner (DC)’s office.
Meanwhile, members of Jorhat District unit of Axom Sahitya Sabha after staging a sit-in-stir in the campus of the Central office here took out a protest rally opposing CAB in the main entrance gate of Jorhat Deputy Commissioner (DC)’s office, reports The Assam Tribune.
Later, the activists of Jorhat District unit of Axom Jatiyatabadi Juba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) holding black flags staged a protest in front of the Jorhat DC’s office, reports The Assam Tribune.
Additionally, Congress workers of the Jorhat District unit observed a seven-hour hunger strike, reports The Assam Tribune.
Further, the AASU activists staged a sit-in-protest against the Central Government's decision to pass CAB in Jorhat District, reports The Assam Tribune.
Meanwhile, the general secretary of Jorhat District unit of AASU Jitu Neog participating in a sit-in protest programme opposing CAB, tonsured his head in Teok town of Jorhat District, reports The Assam Tribune.
In the nearby District of the Sivasagar Zila Sahitya Sabha with representatives of dozens of the regional units sat in demonstration in front of the Sivasagar DC’s office opposing CAB, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Sivasagar Block Congress Committee sat on a two-hour sit-in demonstration against CAB in Sivasagar town, reports The Assam Tribune.
Separately, the Doomdooma Regional Committee of AASU brought out a massive torchlight rally protesting against the proposed CAB bill at in Doomdooma town in Tinsukia District, reports The Assam Tribune. Various other ethnic organisations extended full support to this rally. After the rally, a protest meeting was held at Gandhi Chowk.
Further, Indian National Congress workers of Kakopothar and Saikhowa Block Congress Committees sat for seven-hour hunger strikes at Doomdooma and Dholla respectively in Tinsukia District, reports The Assam Tribune.
Also, the Tinsukia Zila Sahitya Sabha staged a two-hour sit-in strike in front of Tinsukia Sakha Sahitya Sabha Bhawan. Later, it presented a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the DC of Tinsukia District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Anchalik Studens’ Union of No. 2 Pub Bangshar staged protest against the CAB 2019 by holding banners and placards in Sualkuchi in Kamrup (rural) District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Nagaon District of AASU unit took out a massive bike rally in various villages in the District and tried to sensitise the rural people against CAB 2019 and also pleaded villagers to be a strong part of AASU’s protests against CAB, reports The Assam Tribune. The rally covered Fuloguri Dhewa, Dimou, Bebejia, Rantholi, Pathori and other villages.
Meanwhile, the Nagaon District Congress Committee staged a three-hour sit-in protest against the CAB 2019 in front of the DC office, reports The Assam Tribune.
The mass convention opposing CAB, was organised by the Dibrugarh District Sahitya Sabha, Duliajan Press Club, and other organisations and workers, women and active student organisations of the town, reports The Assam Tribune.
Several organisations including Biswanath Chariali unit of the AASU and the AJYCP staged a three-hour-long demonstration programme at the traffic Police point in Biswanath Chariali of Biswanath District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Biswanath District Asam Sahitya Sabha staged a two-hour long sit-in-demonstration in front of Sahitya Sabha Bhawan in Biswanath District. The Biswanath College Students’ Union took out a protest rally throughout the Biswanath Chariali town in protest against the Bill, reports The Assam Tribune.
The North Lakhimpur unit of AASU took out a procession in the streets of the District headquarters demanding scrapping of the CAB 2019. Further, anti-CAB protest marches were held in Ghilamora, Harmutty, Narayanpur, Bihpuria, Laluk areas of the District, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Jatiya Janagosthiya Sangrami Okya Mancha also took out a torch rally against the CAB-2019 in North Lakhimpur, Bihpuria and in other places, reports The Assam Tribune.
The Tezpur Sahitya Sabha and the Asom Sangrami Mancha staged a dharna programme in protest against the Government’s decision to bring the CAB in Sonitpur District, reports The Assam Tribune.
Several public bodies including the Darrang Zila Sahitya Sabha, Darrang District Congress Committee and the AASU unit of the Mangaldai College separately staged protests against the CAB, reports The Assam Tribune.
Members and the office bearers besides representatives of different organisations took part in the sit-in demonstration organised by Darrang Zila Sahitya Sabha at its office premises in Darrang District, reports The Assam Tribune. Members of the Mangaldai College AASU unit staged a protest road blockade programme on the NH-15 in front of the college in Darrang District.
Separately, the All Assam Lawyers’ Association (AALA) has decided to challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Supreme Court if it is passed in Parliament, reports The Telegraph. The umbrella body of lawyers in the state believes the bill will not stand in court as it violates the spirit of the Constitution. AALA working president Ashok Kumar Mahanta on Friday said, “CAB is anti-secular and against the Preamble to the Constitution. If the bill gets Parliament’s nod, then the lawyers’ body will have to move the apex court.”