A year on, AASU observes Black Day to protest against CAA
Led by NESO, student organisations across Northeast marked the day by hoisting black flags and displaying black banners
| 11 Dec 2020 1:07 PM GMT
Guwahati: A year after the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was passed in Parliament despite widespread protests across the Northeast, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) observed Black Day in Guwahati along with other parts of the region on Friday.
Led by the North East Students Organization (NESO), AASU members hoisted black flags and displayed black banners at Shahid Bhawan in the city as a sign of protest against the draconian Act.
AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA
AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA
Despite widespread protests across the Northeast region last year, the controversial citizenship bill was passed in the Parliament on December 11, 2019.
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UPDATED: December 11, 2020 10:14 IST
Several organisation across Northeast India said a black day will be observed to protest against the passing of the controversial citizenship bill last year on this day. (Photo: India Today/representational image)
Various organisations in Northeast India will re-launch agitation programmes to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) from Friday. The North East Students’ Organization will observe Friday (December 11) as black day across the region as a sign of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.
NE students’ groups observe black day against CAA
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December 11, 2020 16:47 IST
AASU, Krishak Muti Sangram Samiti and other organisations will relaunch the Assam-specific movement against the CAA on Saturday.
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AASU, Krishak Muti Sangram Samiti and other organisations will relaunch the Assam-specific movement against the CAA on Saturday.
Students’ organisations across the eight northeastern States relaunched their movement against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) by observing a black day on Friday, marking the passage of the law in the Rajya Sabha in 2019.
The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), the apex body of the States and tribe-based student bodies in the region, said they will continue to protest and observe December 11 as a black day until the citizenship law is scrapped.
Violence followed move to defer polls
A tribal group demanding the cancellation of electoral rights to non-indigenous people, mostly former Assam Rifles personnel, set several government offices on fire at Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Friday.
The arson followed the decision of the State Election Commission to defer the panchayat elections in areas under Vijaynagar Circle citing law and order issues. The rural polls are scheduled for December 22.
The district police said a large number of people led by Yobin (tribe) Students’ Union swooped down on Vijaynagar at around 8:30 am and burnt down the offices of the extra assistant commissioner, Special Branch of the State police and the post office.
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