On December 4, protesters from the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba- Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) and All Moran Students’ Union (AMSU) burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to register their protest against the Central Cabinet Committee’s approval of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Doomdooma town in Tinsukia District, reports The Sentinel.
Further, the activists of the North Lakhimpur regional unit of All Assam Students Union (AASU) staged protests by burning the effigies of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP State president Ranjit Dass, Agriculture Minister Atul Borah and Water Resource Minister Keshab Mahanta for their support to the CAB at Main Chariali of North Lakhimpur town in Lakhimpur District, reports The Sentinel.
In addition, students of Sachetan Chatra Samaj of North Lakhimpur College (Autonomous), in association with Lakhimpur Chatra Samaj, demonstrated against CAB at North Lakhimpur College Chariali in North Lakhimpur District, reports The Sentinel.
Earlier, the Debraj Roy (DR) College Students’ Union of DR College staged protest in front of the college to protest against the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Golaghat town of Golaghat District, reports The Sentinel. the students burnt the draft copy of CAB and also threatened that unless the controversial Bill was scrapped, DR College Students’ Union would intensify its stir.