Citizenship Amendment Act, AASU files petition in Supreme Court

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The AASU (All Assam Students’ Union) filed a petition to drag the government to the Supreme Court of India against the passage of the CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill). With the President of India giving his assent to CAB-2019, it became an Act – the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act).

According to sources in the students’ body, the apex Court has received the petition under its diary number 45128 on Friday. The petition has been signed by AASU president Dipanko Kumar Nath and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi. It is still to be seen if the petition is admitted by the apex Court or not.

The CAB was passed by the Lok Sabha on the midnight of December 9 and the Rajya Sabha on December 11, 2019.

Back from New Delhi on Friday, Dipanko Kumar Nath told those who were on fast against the CAB at Chandmari in Guwahati the students’ body would take the government to the Supreme Court on the passage of the Bill. He said that the fight against the Bill is going to be a long process.

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