Assam: Raijor Dal Alleges CAA Used to Settle Migrants, Warns of Unrest in Sivasagar

SIVASAGAR: In a significant move, Raijor Dal spokesperson Manas Konwar accused the BJP-led Assam government of using the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to settle Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan across the state in a press conference in Sivasagar.

Manas Konwar claimed that over 69,500 cases against Hindu Bengalis are being considered for withdrawal, while eviction drives continue to target Muslim families. He alleged that the BJP and RSS are disturbing communal harmony in Sivasagar through “planted agents” and warned of demographic changes like those seen in Karbi Anglong. Additionally, Raijor Dal urged people to resist the government’s divisive politics.

Meanwhile, members of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) will hit the streets on Friday demanding exemption of the entire state from the purview of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The CAA, passed in 2019, allows non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan till December 2014 to get Indian citizenship. The Northeast roared in violent protest against the CAA.

President of the influential students' union, Utpal Sarma, on Thursday said detection and deportation of all post-March 1971 migrants from Bangladesh must be done irrespective of religion as agreed in the Assam Accord of 1985.

"The Assam Accord was decided on March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date for detection and deportation of the foreigners from Assam, irrespective of religion. But the BJP government is playing communal politics by trying to give citizenship to the non-Muslim migrants till 2024 through the CAA. Assam will never accept this," Utpal Sarma said.

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