Police takes away five men who were staging a nude protest in front of the state secretariat against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam’s Dispur, on Feb 9, 2019. The incident took place prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally at Changsari, around 50 km away from Dispur. The Prime Minister is in the state to inaugurate several developmental projects including laying of foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) at Changsari. (Photo: IANS)
Guwahati, February 9 (IANS): Assam witnessed yet another nude protest on Saturday when a group of six persons stripped off their clothes and marched in front of the state secretariat at Dispur, shouting slogans against the Citizenship bill. The incident took place prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally at Changsari, around 50 km away from Dispur. The Prime Minister is in the state to inaugurate several developmental projects including laying of foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) at Changsari.
Police said that six persons marched naked on the Guwahati-Shillong Road before police personnel spotted them near the secretariat and took them into custody. The agitators were identified as members of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), an organization opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.On February 1, three persons protested against the bill by standing nude in front of the high security Janata Bhavan in Dispur. Last month, at least ten youths from Assam staged nude protests in front of the parliament in New Delhi against the contentious Bill.
Both the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Assam have been receiving flak over the Citizenship bill which has led to protests all over the northeast with people from all walks of life coming out to the streets to oppose the measure.
Protesters again wave black flags at Modi in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was shown black flags in at least two places here on Saturday for the second consecutive day over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
Modi, who was on his way to the airport from the Raj Bhawan here, was shown black flags by protesters belonging to the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) at Machkhowa area.
Minutes later, a group of students showed black flags to the prime minister when his huge convoy was passing through the Gauhati University at Jalukbari area. Members of both the groups were detained, police said.
On Friday evening, Modi was shown black flags in at least four different locations as soon as he landed in Guwahati and was travelling from the airport to the Raj Bhawan to spend the night. While hundreds of Gauhati University students waved black flags at Modi in Jalukbari area, activists of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and AJYCP did the same at Adabari and Fancy Bazar areas.
Members of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) were also seen waving black flags to the prime minister and shouting slogans as his convoy crossed the AASU headquarters on the Mahatma Gandhi Road at Uzan Bazar.
