New Voice of Solidarity for India’s Citizenship Plan forHindu Bangladeshis Suddenly, the movement against the ‘Hindu Bangladeshi’citizenship issue in Assam has lost its visibility. Statistically, all civilsociety groups, students’ forums, opposition political parties and even boththe factions of United Liberation Front of Assam joined in the movement againstthe centre’s initiative to grant citizenship to the religious minorities fromBangladesh. But lately, the podium has been shifted to New Delhi, raisingvoices against the Union government.One of those vocal organisations, Asom Jatiyatabadi YuvaChatra Parishad (AJYCP), along with few other northeastern groups, staged ademonstration in the national capital on 28 November protesting against thecentre’s proposal to amend the Citizenship Act 1955. Led by AJYCP president BirajKumar Talukdar and general secretary Palash Changmai, the demonstration atJantar Mantar in New Delhi witnessed the participation of hundreds ofprotesters………….However, in the backdrop of an uproarious atmosphere inAssam, till last month against the centre’s proposal to grant citizenship toreligious minorities from Bangladesh and Pakistan, a nationalist people’s forumcame forward backing the initiative for the victims of Partition across India. A New Voice Of Solidarity Emerges For India’s Citizenship Plan For Hindu Bangladeshis | | | | | |
| | | | | A New Voice Of Solidarity Emerges For India’s Citizenship Plan For Hindu B... Suddenly the movement against the ‘Hindu Bangladeshi’ citizenship issue in Assam has lost its visibility. | | | |
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