AASU Leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi Challenges PM Modi to Debate on CAA "Anywhere in India"

Guwahati, February 9, 2020:

All Assam Students' Union (AASU) leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi, lambasting Prime Minister Modi for his recent attacks on the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act brigade, has challenged the Prime Minister to a debate anywhere in the country.

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Speaking to Inside Northeast, Lurin said, "Look, we have the Accord...so it is clear cut that the people of Assam will never settle for this. If they do bring in 4-5 lakh migrants, they will have to be settled on  Assamese soil, displacing the indigene in the process. However, we believe the number of migrants will be much higher. The PM talks of us misleading the people...how are we doing that?"

The AASU leader contended that Assam, due to the signing of the Accord, must be exempted from the CAA. "Assam and Tripura are special cases....even CJI Bobde has admitted that Assam's case is different, and thus, we must be exempted.

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"The agitation will nor die down because of these allegations of the PM, and we will continue the struggle to ensure that the demography, as well as the language and culture of the Assamese people will be preserved", Lurin added.

The AASU leader further added that the leadership of Assam's apex student body is ready to debate the PM anywhere in the country. "We have been challenging them (the BJP leadership), and would most gladly debate the on the CAA anywhere in the country".

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