JD(U) team to visit Assam to bolster support against citizenship bill
Naresh Mitra | TNN | Jan 20, 2019, 20:46 ISTGUWAHATI: A JD(U) delegation led by party general secretary KC Tyagi will be on a two-day visit here on January 28 to express support to civil society groups opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam.
JD(U) leader Ashfaque Ahmad Khan on Sunday informed that the delegation will meet leaders of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and other organisations opposing the bill that seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Christians and Parsees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had to leave their countries of origin and took shelter in India because of persecution.
"The vist was decided in today's party meeting. We will also meet leaders of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)," Khan said.
AGP recently snapped alliance with the ruling BJP in the state in protest against the bill.
Different organisations in the state are up in arms against the bill, fearing the possibility of indigenous population being swamped by migrants from Bangladesh. Agitation against the bill gained momentum after the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8. The bill is pending in the Rajya Sabha.
JD(U), despite being part of the NDA, has been opposing the bill on the ground that the bill will hamper cultural and linguistic identity of indigenous people of Assam in particular and Northeast in general. The ruling party in Bihar maintained that as India is a secular country citizenship cannot be determined on the basis of religion. It also said the bill if passed will nullify the updated national registration of citizenship, which is currently underway in Assam."
JD(U) leader Ashfaque Ahmad Khan on Sunday informed that the delegation will meet leaders of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and other organisations opposing the bill that seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Christians and Parsees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had to leave their countries of origin and took shelter in India because of persecution.
"The vist was decided in today's party meeting. We will also meet leaders of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)," Khan said.
AGP recently snapped alliance with the ruling BJP in the state in protest against the bill.
Different organisations in the state are up in arms against the bill, fearing the possibility of indigenous population being swamped by migrants from Bangladesh. Agitation against the bill gained momentum after the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8. The bill is pending in the Rajya Sabha.
JD(U), despite being part of the NDA, has been opposing the bill on the ground that the bill will hamper cultural and linguistic identity of indigenous people of Assam in particular and Northeast in general. The ruling party in Bihar maintained that as India is a secular country citizenship cannot be determined on the basis of religion. It also said the bill if passed will nullify the updated national registration of citizenship, which is currently underway in Assam."
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