Assam: Leaders from the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee has urged the people of Assam to send them gamosas with anti-CAA Citizenship (Amendment) Act messages for the proposed Martyrs' Memorial in Guwahati.
Earlier on Tuesday the Congress party announced that a memorial will be built to commemorate those who died in the anti-CAA protests in Assam in December 2019.
In December 2019, a wave of anti-CAA protests had rocked Assam, leading to the death of five protestors.
"In the coming months, Guwahati will see a new landmark: a grand memorial in memory of the anti-CAA movement to be built by the incoming Congress government. This will be the state's message to BJP. No CAA in Assam," said Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Ripun Bora in his Twitter handle.
In the coming months, Guwahati will see a new landmark: a grand memorial in memory of the anti-CAA movement to be built by the incoming Congress government.
— Ripun Bora (@ripunbora) February 16, 2021
This will be the state's message to BJP: no CAA in Assam. #AxomBasaonAhok #AssamBachao
Strengthening its stance on the anti-CAA movement the Congress Manifesto Committee chairman Gaurav Gogoi asked party members to visit every house of the state and collect gamosa with anti-CAA messages which will be displayed in the proposed 'Martyrs' Memorial' in Guwahati.
Gogoi today requested the people to sign the gamosa and send it to through courier or hand it over to any party worker at a party meeting in Bihpuria.
Asserting that this is a chance for them "to be a part of history", Gogoi humbly requested the party workers to write why they "don't want CAA in Assam" along with their name on the gamosa.
"It will find a place at the grand memorial to be built in Guwahati in memory of the anti-CAA movement," said Gogoi in a tweet.
Ripun Bora in another tweet said, "CAA shall be rooted out and we shall make history! As per Assam Congress request, please write your name & anti-CAA message on a Gamosa & send it to Congress party office. Your Gamosa shall be memorialised at the grand memorial to be built commemorating anti-CAA movement."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who was recently in the state said that Congress would not allow the implementation of the controversial law, if elected to power. He also sported a gamosa, with the letters CAA crossed out.
Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections while Congress is taking a hard stand against the CAA, the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party BJP rather stayed away from it.