The AASU and AJYCP led protests in opposition to the CAA in Assam (File)
Guwahati:
Two influential activist teams from Assam – teams that spearheaded the anti-CAA motion within the state – have come collectively to type a “third political various” forward of Meeting elections due subsequent yr.
The All Assam College students Union (AASU) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) are set to advertise their political entrance as a substitute for the BJP and the Congress.
The AASU and 30 different organisations had earlier arrange a 16-member advisory panel. On Friday that panel really useful the formation a regional political get together, AASU sources mentioned.
The sources additionally mentioned the proposed new get together can be equidistant from each communal and nationwide events, and can be formally introduced on Tuesday.
The AASU led the “anti-foreigner’s agitation” within the state between 1979 and 1985, which culminated within the Assam Accord of 1985. The group additionally promoted the formation of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) however, over the previous few many years each the AASU and the AJYCP have been largely apolitical.
Apparently, after the anti-CAA protests the AGP had shaped a scholar’s wing – one thing that irked the AASU, sources mentioned.
Assam has seen a number of prime politicians emerge from the AASU, together with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and present Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, in addition to Well being Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP’s troubleshooter within the northeast.
Violent protests, led in lots of areas by the AASU, broke out throughout Assam in December over the citizenship legislation, resulting in the deaths of not less than 5 individuals, imposition of curfew in Guwahati and suspension of web companies.
The Citizenship Modification Act makes, for the primary time, faith a take a look at of citizenship. The federal government has mentioned it’ll assist non-Muslim refugees fleeing persecution from three Muslim-dominated neighbouring nations. Critics have mentioned it violates the Structure and discriminates in opposition to Muslims.
