GOLAGHAT: The All Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) stagged a protest with the demand for land documents for the people as well as the development of the healthcare facilities of the region.
The Monrangi unit of the organisation staged the protest in the Gobindapur Tea Estate on Monday. More than a hundred members and supporters took part in the protest. A large number of workers were also a part of this protest. The protesters threatened to step up on their protest programs if their demands are not met soon enough.
Meanwhile, the members of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Thursday initiated a protest programme Lakhimpur district against the State Government’s decision to teach Mathematics and Science in English in vernacular medium schools from Class 6 onwards. In this connection, the Lakhimpur district unit of the organization initiated a three-hour-long sit-in in North Lakhimpur town.
Leading the protest programme, Lakhimpur AASU president Simanta Neog and general secretary Swaraj Sankar Gogoi slammed the Government of Assam for taking the decision which is allegedly destructive to the Assamese language and the mother languages of the indigenous communities of Assam. They reiterated that the decision of the government to teach Mathematics and Science in English from Class 6 is detrimental to the growth of Assamese, Bodo and other local languages. They added that AASU would never accept this decision. They demanded the Government of Assam to withdraw the decision at the earliest coming out of arrogant and obstinate stand regarding the issue. On the other hand, around 400 members of the Dhemaji district unit of AASU rocked Dhemaji town by initiating a protest rally regarding the same demand. The rally was taken out from Swahid Bedi premises covering the Dhemaji town and ended at the same place.
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