Assam: Aasu, KMSS slam BJP-AGP alliance
Kangkan Kalita | TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 10:18 ISTGUWAHATI: All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) and peasants' body, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) - two organizations that had spearheaded protests in Assam against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill - have expressed their unhappiness over Asom Gana Parishad's (AGP) decision to renew its ties with the BJP.
"AGP will have to answer before the people of Assam why it decided to enter into an alliance with BJP once again. The people of Assam, who fought for long to stop the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would have paved the way for citizenship to be granted to Bangladeshi migrants, feel betrayed today. Now it seems AGP is same as BJP and Congress, which are parties that have always been accused of favouring illegal migrants just for garnering votes," Aasu general secretary, Lurinjyoti Gogoi told TOI on Friday.
Echoing him, KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi said, "The bill proposed the granting of citizenship on religious grounds. After AGP had walked out of the alliance with BJP over opposing stands on the bill, no one expected them to come back. It is sad to see that AGP, which is considered to be one of the foremost parties of Assam, is bowing down to BJP today. People will never vote for this unholy nexus."
"AGP will have to answer before the people of Assam why it decided to enter into an alliance with BJP once again. The people of Assam, who fought for long to stop the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would have paved the way for citizenship to be granted to Bangladeshi migrants, feel betrayed today. Now it seems AGP is same as BJP and Congress, which are parties that have always been accused of favouring illegal migrants just for garnering votes," Aasu general secretary, Lurinjyoti Gogoi told TOI on Friday.
Echoing him, KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi said, "The bill proposed the granting of citizenship on religious grounds. After AGP had walked out of the alliance with BJP over opposing stands on the bill, no one expected them to come back. It is sad to see that AGP, which is considered to be one of the foremost parties of Assam, is bowing down to BJP today. People will never vote for this unholy nexus."
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