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Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of the state that they have nothing to worry about the new law. This assurance comes against the backdrop of violent protests in Assam opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
In a series of tweets, in both Assamese and English, the prime minister said he personally and the Central government are “totally committed to constitutionally safeguard the political, linguistic, cultural and land rights of the Assamese people as per the spirit of Clause 6.”
The Clause 6 of the Assam Accord guaranteed safeguarding local rights, language and culture
“I want to assure my brothers and sisters of Assam that they have nothing to worry after the passing of #CAB (sic),” PM Modi wrote on the microblogging site
I want to assure my brothers and sisters of Assam that they have nothing to worry after the passing of #CAB.
I want to assure them- no one can take away your rights, unique identity and beautiful culture. It will continue to flourish and grow.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 12, 2019
He said, “No one can take away your rights, unique identity and beautiful culture. It will continue to flourish and grow.”
অসম চুক্তিৰ ছয় নং দফা অনুসৰি অসমীয়া মানুহৰ ৰাজনৈতিক, ভাষিক, সাংস্কৃতিক আৰু ভূমিৰ অধিকাৰ সুৰক্ষিত কৰাৰ বাবে সাংবিধানিক ৰক্ষাকৱচ প্ৰদানৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত মই আৰু কেন্দ্ৰীয় চৰকাৰ সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে দায়বদ্ধ।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 12, 2019
Several incidents of violence have been reported from the northeastern state following the passage of the bill by Parliament on Wednesday night. The law seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan facing persecution there
Guwahati, the epicentre of anti-CAB protests, was placed under indefinite curfew on Wednesday night while the Army was called in at four places and Assam Rifles personnel were deployed in Tripura as the two northeastern states plunged into chaos over the hugely emotive Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB.
