Dibrugarh, August 4 (MExN): Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests were held on the streets of Dibrugarh on Monday after a gap of five months, with activists of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) taking out a motor cycle rally, the Times of India reported.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti CAA rallies were put on hold in the state as well as other parts of the country.
Axxording to the report, AASU members started the rally from Chowkidinghee and passed through all the major roads of the town before proceeding towards the residence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
All the motorcycles stopped just beside the Chief Minister’s residence and the AASU members raised slogans against the CAA, before proceeding to Tingkhong, according to the report.
“Our protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act is back. Due to the Covid-19, pandemic we had put our agitation on hold since the beginning of March. Now, it will be back in full force. As we have said before, Assam will not shoulder the burden of a single Bangladeshi entering the state after 1971, be it Hindu or Muslim,” TOI quoted AASU Dibrugarh district general secretary Sankor Jyoti Baruah as saying.
The resumption of agitation activities against the CAA comes amid recent reports that the Union Home Ministry has sought three additional months to frame CAA rules.
