19:19 December 09
GU students intensify anti-CAB protest; slit hands to write express anger
Students of Gauhati University in Assam intensified their protest against the controversial CItizenship (Amendment) Bill on Monday. Several students slit their hands to write a message to the Centre with their blood to register their anger against the government's decision to introduce the Bill in the Parliament.
The students also took out massive rallies raising slogans condemning the central as well as state leadership.
17:28 December 09
This Bill disturbs Hindu-Muslim communal harmony: AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal
AIUDF founder Badruddin Ajmal on Monday staged a protest in Delhi's Jantar Mantar against the introduce the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was introduced in Parliament by Home minister Amit Shah today.
He criticised the Bill as being anti-constitutional.
"Our party is against the Bill, and not just our party but the entire Assam is protesting against it. All university students have taken to the streets."
"We are opposing it because it is anti-constitutional, it is against the Assam Accord. This Bill incites enmity between Hindus and Muslims. This is going to create a divide between the Assamese and Bengalis. This is what Amit Shah wants and so does his party. We will take this matter to the Supreme Court."
16:26 December 09
Student sustains burn injuries while protesting against CAB
Bhairob Deka, a student of Morigaon college in Assam, sustained burn injuries while protesting against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
He has been rushed to a local hospital in Morigaon district.
16:15 December 09
Protestors burn tyres in Guwahati against the centre's decision to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955
15:39 December 09
48-hr bandh against CAB affects normal life in parts of Assam on day one
Guwahati (Assam): The 48-hour Assam bandh called by the All Moran Students' Union (AMSU) to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and granting of Scheduled Tribe status to six communities on Monday affected normal life in several districts during the first 24 hours of the bandh, officials said.
Shops, markets, and financial institutions kept their shutters down, while schools and colleges were closed in the Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Majuli, Morigaon, Bongaigaon, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Baksa districts after the bandh began at 5 am.
The bandh evoked no impact in Bengali dominated Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi as well as the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, officials said.
The impact of the bandh was negligible in Guwahati.
Private offices were closed in the bandh-hit areas and attendance in government offices was thin, they added.
In many places, protestors burnt tyres and blocked national highways but the police swung into action and cleared the roads.
Some state-run long-distance buses plied with a police escort, they said.
The police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a group of agitators who clashed with police personnel in Dibrugarh and Guwahati while trying to stop the movement of vehicles.
Foreign and domestic tourists in rhino-habitat Kaziranga National Park and Jorhat were stranded due to the bandh with no public transport available for their travel to Guwahati to board flights and trains.
The protestors in many places also took out 'funeral processions' of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for his alleged failure to oppose the CAB which, they claimed, will threaten the existence and language of the indigenous people.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.
They will be given Indian citizenship after residing in the country for five years, instead of 11 years which is the current rule.
Besides protesting against the CAB, the AMSU's bandh was called to press for its demand for granting Scheduled Tribe status to Moran and five other communities - Tai Ahom, Koch Rajbongshi, Chutia, Tea Tribes, and Matak - of the state.
The North East Students Organisation (NESO), the apex body of all the student bodies of the region, has called an 11-hour Northeast bandh on Tuesday. Nagaland where the Hornbill Festival is going on, has been exempted from the purview of the shutdown.
Left-democratic organisations also called a 12-hour Assam bandh on Tuesday.
19:19 December 09
GU students intensify anti-CAB protest; slit hands to write express anger
Students of Gauhati University in Assam intensified their protest against the controversial CItizenship (Amendment) Bill on Monday. Several students slit their hands to write a message to the Centre with their blood to register their anger against the government's decision to introduce the Bill in the Parliament.
The students also took out massive rallies raising slogans condemning the central as well as state leadership.
17:28 December 09
This Bill disturbs Hindu-Muslim communal harmony: AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal
AIUDF founder Badruddin Ajmal on Monday staged a protest in Delhi's Jantar Mantar against the introduce the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was introduced in Parliament by Home minister Amit Shah today.
He criticised the Bill as being anti-constitutional.
"Our party is against the Bill, and not just our party but the entire Assam is protesting against it. All university students have taken to the streets."
"We are opposing it because it is anti-constitutional, it is against the Assam Accord. This Bill incites enmity between Hindus and Muslims. This is going to create a divide between the Assamese and Bengalis. This is what Amit Shah wants and so does his party. We will take this matter to the Supreme Court."
16:26 December 09
Student sustains burn injuries while protesting against CAB
Bhairob Deka, a student of Morigaon college in Assam, sustained burn injuries while protesting against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
He has been rushed to a local hospital in Morigaon district.
16:15 December 09
Protestors burn tyres in Guwahati against the centre's decision to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955
15:39 December 09
48-hr bandh against CAB affects normal life in parts of Assam on day one
Guwahati (Assam): The 48-hour Assam bandh called by the All Moran Students' Union (AMSU) to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and granting of Scheduled Tribe status to six communities on Monday affected normal life in several districts during the first 24 hours of the bandh, officials said.
Shops, markets, and financial institutions kept their shutters down, while schools and colleges were closed in the Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Majuli, Morigaon, Bongaigaon, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Baksa districts after the bandh began at 5 am.
The bandh evoked no impact in Bengali dominated Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi as well as the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, officials said.
The impact of the bandh was negligible in Guwahati.
Private offices were closed in the bandh-hit areas and attendance in government offices was thin, they added.
In many places, protestors burnt tyres and blocked national highways but the police swung into action and cleared the roads.
Some state-run long-distance buses plied with a police escort, they said.
The police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a group of agitators who clashed with police personnel in Dibrugarh and Guwahati while trying to stop the movement of vehicles.
Foreign and domestic tourists in rhino-habitat Kaziranga National Park and Jorhat were stranded due to the bandh with no public transport available for their travel to Guwahati to board flights and trains.
The protestors in many places also took out 'funeral processions' of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for his alleged failure to oppose the CAB which, they claimed, will threaten the existence and language of the indigenous people.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.
They will be given Indian citizenship after residing in the country for five years, instead of 11 years which is the current rule.
Besides protesting against the CAB, the AMSU's bandh was called to press for its demand for granting Scheduled Tribe status to Moran and five other communities - Tai Ahom, Koch Rajbongshi, Chutia, Tea Tribes, and Matak - of the state.
The North East Students Organisation (NESO), the apex body of all the student bodies of the region, has called an 11-hour Northeast bandh on Tuesday. Nagaland where the Hornbill Festival is going on, has been exempted from the purview of the shutdown.
Left-democratic organisations also called a 12-hour Assam bandh on Tuesday.
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