VISIT ASSAM AGAIN OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES: AASU TO JPC

Guwahati, October 24, 2018:

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has reacted strongly on the reports that the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) would not visit Assam for further hearing.

Speaking to InsideNe, AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath said that the JPC must visit Assam and other northeastern states again. Lamenting that the JPC visited only Guwahati, Barak Valley and Shillong, Nath demanded that they should visit all the districts of Assam and at the same time, other northeastern states too.

Reiterating that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, will not be accepted, Nath said that if it is passed, then there will be protests across the northeastern region and the government should be ready to face the consequences.

The president of the influential students’ union also claimed that the Amendment Bill is being forcefully dumped on the people of the region.

Earlier, on Tuesday after the JPC hearing, CPM MP Mohammad Salim had said that the JPC is being pressurized by the government to submit its report during the Winter Session of the Parliament. Citing this reason, Salim said that the JPC will not be able to return to Assam for further hearing.