The members of the central executive of the AASU in protest against the non-implementation of the Assam Accord clauses have also decided to go for fasting from August 14 morning, which will end a few minutes before the time of hoisting the National Flag on August 15.
Informing this to media persons here today, AASU advisor Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya said, “Both the Centre and the State Government by not paying any heed to the sensitiveness of the Assam Accord, has shown disrespect to non-violent movement, which is very unfortunate.”
“The issue of Bangladeshi infiltration is the biggest threat the indigenous people of Assam are facing. Besides, it has also changed the demographic pattern of the State but no concrete steps have yet been initiated to address the issue by effective and speedy implementation of the Accord,” the AASU advisor rued.
“One fails to understand why the Government has not been able to address issues like detection and deportation of illegal migrants, fencing of Indo-Bangla border and NRC, which has over the years posed a threat to national integrity and sovereignty,” Dr Bhattacharya stated.
“We demand of both the Centre and the State to fix a specific time-frame for implementation of all the clauses of the Assam Accord,” Dr Bhattacharya asserted.
The AASU has termed the Chief Minister’s recent comment on big dams as ‘irresponsible and unscientific’, which came at the diktat of New Delhi undermining the interests of the State.
It may be recalled that the Chief Minister recently came out in support of the construction of big dams for tapping the region’s hydropower potential.
AASU general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and president Sankar Prasad Rai were also present on the occasion.
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