Anti-CAA Protests Get a New Boost

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• May 6, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: A day after Union Home Minister
Amit Shah said in West Bengal that the Centre will implement the Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA) as soon as the coronavirus pandemic is over, Assam activist
turned politician Akhil Gogoi threatened the ruling BJP at the centre and in
the state, saying he and his supporters will once again take to the streets in
protest. Mr Gogoi, who is also an independent MLA, believes the people will
never accept this "anti-people" law.

"The Assamese
people would not accept the Centre's dictation on CAA," he told the press,
describing it as a "draconian act" that "has no place in
Assam."

Akhil Gogoi also warned the top leaders of the
BJP led government that without any delay and further stretchn it should
understand that the entire population demands the drop of the “draconian act”,
CAA without any delay.

"We'll take to
the streets, and my political party, Raijor Dal, will spearhead new anti-CAA
rallies if the centre goes ahead with the implementation. This is an
anti-people measure, and I want to emphasise that we will not accept any CAA
dictation "he stated

mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#222222">Akhil Gogoi, Raijor Dal Supremo and
Sivasagar MLA, earned headlines for leading enormous protests against Assam's
controversial citizenship bill. He was accused under the strict anti-terror law
UAPA after being arrested in connection with violent protests in the state in
2019. He was imprisoned for about a year and a half before being elected to the
state legislature as an MLA.

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