They killed our youths: MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan on martyrs of anti-CAA stir

Five martyrs -- Sam Stafford, Dipanjal Das, Ishwar Nayak, Abdul Alim and Dwijendra Panging -- lost their lives during the protests last year. The All Assam Student's Union (AASU) organised a shraddhanjali (tribute) programme in Hatigaon High School and Digholipukhuri area of the city where leaders of the student organisation, artistes, civil society and hundreds of students paid rich tributes by lighting earthen lamps in front of their portraits.

After that, they staged a protest at the Rotary Club in memory of the martyrs.

Speaking to the media, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, said, "The people of Assam have been protesting peacefully against the draconian law known as CAA for a long time."

He further said, "This government did not even declare our five youths as martyrs who were killed in police action during the protest. We have demanded justice and investigation for them but the government did not do that either and that is why we called this government murderer. They have killed our five youths."

Apart from Bhuyan, Soneshwar Norah, Manjit Mahanta, and more than 50 students also joined the protest rally at the Guwahati Rotary Club.

The anti-CAA protests turned violent across Assam on December 11 last year after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha despite widespread protests across the Northeast region.

However, the protests were stopped because of the novel coronavirus outbreak in March this year. The protesters have been continuously stating that they will keep on agitating until and unless the government repeals the Act.

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