𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗔𝗔𝗦𝗨 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and the All Dhubri District Students’ Union staged a protest in Golakganj on September 15, demanding the identification and deportation of what they termed illegal Islamic fundamentalists and Bangladeshi nationals from Assam.

The protest came in the wake of the Union government’s decision to extend the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) deadline, reigniting fears over Assam’s demographic and cultural identity.

Hundreds of students and local residents joined the protest, raising slogans against the government and demanding immediate measures to address illegal immigration.

Jibon Barua, district general secretary of AASU, said the CAA violates the spirit of the 1985 Assam Accord, which mandated the detection and deportation of all illegal immigrants, irrespective of religion, who entered Assam after March 25, 1971. “CAA creates religious division and undermines the Accord. Assam cannot accept any law that changes its identity,” he said.