New Delhi: All Assam Students Union (AASU) on Tuesday reiterated that it will not support any political party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, instead, it will intensify its anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest across Assam and in the Northeast. Speaking to ETV Bharat in New Delhi, AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said, “Along with North East Student Organisation (NESO), we will continue our protest against CAA. At any cost, we are not going to allow CAA to be implemented in Assam and Northeast.”
When asked whether AASU will support Congress following the fact that the opposition party is also demanding the withdrawal of CAA, Bhattacharya said, “We welcome whoever raises their protest against CAA. But, we will not support any political party. We are fighting to protect the identity of the indigenous people of Assam.”
Notably, NESO on Monday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court (SC) challenging CAA and halting its implementation process. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Bora said that the 16-Party United Opposition Forum-Assam is united to oppose the implementation of CAA. “People of Assam won’t accept CAA. Similarly, our stand is also clear. We won’t accept CAA,” said Bora.
Bora said that his party would go to the people highlighting their stand against CAA. “All the opposition allies, during their election campaign, will highlight CAA and how the BJP government both at the Centre and State is trying to implement the contentious Act,” said Bora. However, accusing the opposition parties, mainly the Congress of using CAA as propaganda in the forthcoming elections, the BJP on the other hand claimed that it (anti-CAA agitation) will not impact its political prospects.