GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has threatened to carry out one more spell of protest against the contentious Citizenship(Amendment) Act, 2019 in the state.
Speaking to the students' outfit's president Dipanka Kumar Nath said that they had postponed their protest against the CAA in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Now we are going to relaunch a massive protest against the CAA. We will vehemently continue our protest until the Act is repealed," he added.
The AASU president also said that they had insisted not to change the name of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoli International Airport, Guwahati after the Adani Group acquired it.
"The Chief Minister of Assam promised that the name of the LGBI Airport would remain unchanged. It happens. But we wanted the up-gradation work of the Airport should be done in the public sector. The Airport Authority of India adopted necessary measures", he further said.
Earlier, the Assam cabinet today took a decision not to prosecute any Gorkha citizen under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 1955 and also to withdraw all pending prosecution relating to Gorkhas from foreigners tribunals.
The Assam Chief Minister in a tweet replying to Raju Bista, MP from Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency wherein the MP thanked Dr. Himanta Biswa for recognizing Gorkhas as a protected class in Sadiya Tribal Belts said this.
It further emphasized that any member of the Gorkha community holding Nepalese nationality and who has arrived in India by land or air over the Nepal border even without a passport or visa and staying in India for any length of time shall not be treated as an illegal migrant if he/she is in possession of any of the identity documents namely the Nepalese Passport, Nepalese Citizenship Certificate, a voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of Nepal, limited validity photo-identity certificate issued by Nepalese Mission in India when deemed necessary and for children between the age group of 10-18 years, photo ID issued by the principal of the school if accompanied by parents having valid travel documents. No such document is required for children below the age group of 10 years, the communication added citing provisions of the India-Nepal Treaty signed in 1950.
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