The sound is echoing once again in the air, the clamor of the commons may hit the streets again.
“We oppose CAA, Assam Oppose CAA”. This Slogan had shaken the Law and order of the state in the year 2019.
When thousands of citizens came out on the road protesting against the contentious CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act). But as the idiom says, ‘ everything comes with a price’, Across the state, five people have been killed during the police firing and several injured.
The state saw blood-stained roads, and shady mornings like never before.
The CAA protests in Assam came to a halt after the breakout of the Pandemic, but the sense of love towards the mother nation still prevails in the heart of every ‘Akhomiya’.
just after the government’s decision to repeal three contentious farm laws, the impulse of anti CAA movement spread like wildfire in the region.
Many organizations, including political parties, have planned to resume the anti –CAA agitation in the state soon.
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) to Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), have expressed their strong intentions to restart the anti CAA agitation in the state by demanding to scrap the new citizenship act.
The new citizenship act allows for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to seek Indian citizenship.
then around 1.90 crores, Hindus from Bangladesh will be able to enter Assam and it will bring a big threat to Assam and its people, said Akhil Gogoi.
Meanwhile, the Chief Advisor of AASU Samujjal Bhattacharya informed the media that the people of Assam are determined to continue their fight till the CAA is repealed.
Many organizations in Assam have planned to restart the anti-CAA agitation in the state from December 10 on Swahid Diwas (martyr’s day) which is observed every year in the state to commemorate people who died during the six-year-long Assam agitation between 1979 and 1985, which coincides with the anniversary of the anti-CAA movement in the state.
Meanwhile, contrastingly Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, after the Covid-19 pandemic, the people of Assam are now struggling to live and find ways to sustain themselves, and they are not interested in going out on the street again.
Apart from this, the people of Assam would, of course, want to know about the development of the case filed against the contentious CAA, it has been two years since the proceedings are in halt.
Moreover, according to clause 6 of the Assam Accord, the ‘ Constitutional Safeguard ‘ is only meant for the Assamese community, residing in the Territory of Assam.
But implementation of CAA will certainly violate clause 5 of the Assam accord.
The CAA came into effect on 10 January 2020, while petitions against it kept mounting in the Supreme Court registry.
Over 140 petitions challenging the CAA have been pending for nearly a year in the Supreme Court, leaving petitioners drawn from all walks of life and across the political spectrum “deeply disappointed” over the delay.
The concern over the continuity of anti –CAA movement arises because of extreme delays from the judiciary in hearing the petitions, and an upper hand of the ruling government in implementing the act by hook or by crook.
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