PM Welcomed With ‘Modi Go Back’ Slogans, Black Flags by Citizenship Bill Protesters in Assam
All Assam Students Union (AASU) members shouted slogans against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and waved black flags at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived here on Friday evening on a two-day visit to the Northeast. The prime minister witnessed the protests when he travelled to the Raj Bhavan here, where he will spend the night, from Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
A large number of AASU members were seen waving black flags to the prime minister and shouting slogans as his convoy crossed the gates of the Gauhati University at around 6.30 pm and a few minutes later as he crossed the premises of the AASU headquarters on M G Road.
Slogans like ‘Modi go back’, ‘Scrap Citizenship Amendment Bill’, ‘Joi Aai Asom (Glory to Mother Assam)’ was heard.…
SEE ALSO:
- Citizenship Bill protests: no inputs of extremist role (Feb 2, 2019, The Hindu)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/citizenship-bill-protests-no-inputs-of-extremist-role/article26163423.ece - You’re Hell Bent on Destroying NRC: SC Fumes at Centre for ‘Not Cooperating at All’ in the Process (Feb 6, 2019, News18.com)
https://www.news18.com/news/india/youre-hell-bent-on-destroying-nrc-sc-fumes-at-centre-for-not-cooperating-at-all-in-the-process-2026003.html - Detention Centres in Assam Are Synonymous With Endless Captivity (Feb 7, 2019, The Wire)
https://thewire.in/rights/detention-centres-assam-nrc - Burning Assam in the name of foreigners (Jan 29, 2019, Countercurrents)
https://countercurrents.org/2019/01/29/burning-assam-in-the-name-of-foreigners/
