Moran student body to launch protests during PM's Assam visit over 'ST demand'

TINSUKIA: The Moran Students' Union has decided to stage massisve protests during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Assam.

Announcing this at a press meet held in Tinsukia on Thursday, they stated that their main demand is the granting of ST status.

Hence, on January 22 the Moran students' body will stage a torchlight march.

On January 23, when PM Modi will visit Upper Assam, the students' organization will stage a protest from 5 am in the morning to 5 pm in the evening.

They also warned of an indefinite economic blockade from February 5 onwards if their demands are not met.

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Recently, BJP President JP Nadda had said during the BJP's first Vijay Mahasabha (victory rally) - a campaign launched ahead of Assam Assembly elections due this April - that ST status has already been granted to the communities.

"The BJP government has identified the plight of the six communities and granted them ST status without affecting any other tribes of the state. Congress never showed such courage," he had said flanked by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, besides others.

Nadda's statement was ridiculed by Opposition leaders and triggered protests across Assam, as the Government is yet to pass a Bill in regards to the same.

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