“If required, we will leave India and form an independent country” : Akhil Gogoi

Guwahati, January 7, 2019:

Speaking at the Dhikkar Diwas held to protest the placing of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in front of the Parliament, KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi took to the stage to express his angst at the situation.

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“I think that today is one of the darkest days in Assam. Compared to the children in other parts of India, people from Assam have no rights”, Gogoi said.

Gogoi also mentioned the naked protest in the national capital carried out by seventy protesting organizations. “Seventy organizations protested the Bill and thirteen Assamese youths stripped naked in protest. It has even been covered by the BBC”, he added.

He also stated that the controversial Bill is unconstitutional as it disregards both our ‘Right to Equality’ and ‘Right to Equality before Law’ as it discriminates based on religion.

He also called the Bill “unethical and “illegal.”

The KMSS leader warned that once this Bill is passed, the floodgates will open Hindu-Bangladeshis will open and Assamese people will lose their identity once our country is flooded by Bangladeshis.

He added that since they are yet to receive a response to the protests from the government, only two solutions are left to them.

Gogoi said that the first course of action is to defeat the BJP and RSS and remove them from the political hemisphere of Assam.

Secondly, Gogoi suggested that they would have to go to every village and go to the grassroots level to uproot the rot in Assam by spreading awareness among the people. Gogoi also added that if it is not possible for Assam to get justice under the federal law of India, Assam will have to seek independence once again.

Gogoi finished by stating the primary slogan of the Assamese should be to ensure defeat of BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Talking about the silence of AGP about the issue, Gogoi said: “AGP have surrendered completely to the Delhi government for money and power. They should come back to Assam and join our struggle.” Gogoi also called for unity and inclusivity and called for all the organizations and forces of Assam to save the Assamese “jati” together.