Kartik Kakar
For the last 15 months, Mousumi Stafford has been fighting for justice for her brother. Now, sheâs keenly following the political developments ahead of the Assembly election in Assam, scheduled for between March 27 and April 6. For Mousumi, this election will prove to be decisive.
On December 12, 2019, Sam Stafford, 17, died in police firing during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Guwahati. The law, passed in the parliament the day before, gives citizenship to undocumented, non-Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Assam erupted in violent protests as many saw the law as a violation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which committed the central government to removing all âillegal immigrantsâ who entered the state after March 24, 1971.
After Taiwan Photos, Congress Uses Jharkhand Video To Show Assam Shooting After Taiwan Photos, Congress Uses Jharkhand Video To Show Assam Shooting The Assam Congress used a video clip of a mock drill from Jharkhand to highlight the death of five young men during anti-CAA protests in Assam.
Assam had seen widespread protests against the CAA last year and in late 2019.
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Used footage from Jharkhand to show police crackdown on protesters
Five people were killed in anti-CAA protests last year and late 2019
Guwahati:
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday labelled the state Congress unit a fake news factory for using a video of a mock drill in Jharkhand as police brutality during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019.
Guwahati Will See Grand Memorial in Memory of Anti-CAA Movement in Incoming Congress Govt : Ripun Bora
Earlier, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi launched the party s campaign for the Assam Assembly elections from a public meeting in Sivasagar.
| 16 Feb 2021 9:34 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The Assam Congress announced that it will build a memorial of the anti-CAA movement in Guwahati if voted to power in the upcoming state assembly polls.
Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora in a tweet wrote, In the coming months, Guwahati will see a new landmark: a grand memorial in memory of the anti-CAA movement to be built by the incoming Congress government.
The Congress on Tuesday promised to build a memorial for the “martyrs” of the movement against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) if it is voted back to power in Assam.Five people were allegedly ki