Assam: Heavy Security Accompanies BJP Party to "Peace" Rallies

Guwahati, December 29, 2019:

It has come to light that the 'peace rallies' that are being held by the BJP party across Assam as a counter-measure against the Citizenship Amendment Act, are being accompanied by mini militias.

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Sharing a video of a military-like procession accompanying a recent peace procession conducted by the BJP, the popular Assamese Facebook page, 'Dukhi Aatma' (sad soul) wrote:

(বেলেগ দেশত যুদ্ধলৈ যায় এনেদৰে শেনা' আৰু আমাৰ দেশত বিজেপিৰ শান্তি সমদললৈ যায় ! বেলেগ দেশত যুদ্ধলৈ যায় এনেদৰে শেনা' আৰু আমাৰ দেশত বিজেপিৰ শান্তি সমদললৈ যায় !

এইয়া কেনেকোৱা শান্তি সমদল ?)

[In other countries, armies go to war with gear like this, and this is how BJP goes to peace rallies in Assam. In other countries, armies go to war with gear like this, and this is how BJP goes to peace rallies in Assam. What kind of a peace rally is this?]

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Netizens have been dumbfounded by the Assam BJP unit's vulgar display of power at a rally that is supposed to be for 'peace'. "Are they going to war or to a peace rally", asked a puzzed user, while another wrote, "The Government has waged war upon the public. One one hand, there are the lackeys of the ruling regime; on the other, the common people."

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Meanwhile, these rallies have also come under the scanner of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), which maintains that many of the attendees are being bussed in from remote areas with the promise of 'wages' (Rs 200-300).

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