Memorial Day celebrated in Assam"- A tribute to citizens killed during Anti-CAA protest

Assam Anti-CAA Organisations pays Tribute to the deceased killed during a protest.

Assam: After two years of the Anti-CAA Act, on Sunday, several organisations gathered to give tribute to the five agitators who were killed and resolved to resume the movement against the Act.

Memorial meetings were organised at the residence of Sam Stafford, one of the agitators who died, and a playground in Guwahati, with attendees resolving to once again intensify the stir against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

According to officials of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), which was among the first groups to organise protests against CAA after it was passed in Parliament, paid tributes to the agitators at Sam Stafford's Hatigaon residence.

In a statement of Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, earlier the member of KMSS during the movement and was detained for his role in it, while paying floral tributes at the photographs of those who died. MLA Gogoi said that political parties and "nationalist organisations" must take the lead in resuming the movement.

Taking notes from the Anti-CAA protest, Mr Gogoi said,  "We can't expect them to organise agitations. Their help is crucial but they shouldn't be blamed for not reviving the movement."

The arrangements of the mass gathering were done under the supervision of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), who was one of the main organisations during the agitation. Memorial held at the Hatigaon Higher Secondary School playground.

While Addressing the gathering, AASU chief advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said, "It is wrong to say that the anti-CAA movement has died out. It had lost its intensity due to the commencement of examinations (in January 2020) and then the pandemic and lockdowns."

"We will resume the agitation with full intensity once again. We won't let the sacrifices go in vain," Mr Samujjan added.

Several organisations, including AASU, North East Students' Organisation (NESO) and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), had observed "black day" on December 11 to mark two years of the passage of CAA in Parliament.