Citizenship (Amendment) Bill : Massive Protests In Tripura & Meghalaya,Again Black Flags Waved At Assam CM Sonowal

by Bhupen Goswami  

Guwahati : The protest against contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill continued in Northeast on Wednesday with people taking the streets at different parts of Tripura and Meghalaya. The All Manipur Students’ Union, (AMSU) on the other hand staged protest against the Bill at New Delhi on Wednesday. In Tripura, Biplab Kumar Deb-led BJP government faced massive protest against the Bill with thousands of people led by Pradyot Manikya Debbarma with Tripura United Indigenous Peoples Council (TUIPC) and others indigenous organisations, rallied against the Bill. They also burnt the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in protest against the Bill.On the other hand in Shillong, the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) organised a massive rally in protest against the Bill, where thousands of people came out in protest against the Bill. Speaking at the occasion, the leaders of the KSU appealed to the indigenous community to stay united in their opposition to the Bill. Meanwhile Protesting against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the members of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) waved black at Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal once again in Dhakuakhana on Thursday. Sonowal went to take part in the central celebration of Me-Dam-Me-Phi. The AASU members waved black flags at him, after he landed from a helicopter in Dhakuakhana. The protesters also shouted slogans against the CM and the Bill.It should be mentioned that, in protest against the contentious Bill, black flags were waved at CM Sonowal on various occasions and in different part of the State. It may be mentioned that, almost all the senior leaders of Assam BJP including Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Ranjeet Dass had to face the wrath of public on their way on different occasions.