By Bhupen Goswami
Guwahati : 60 organisations including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) launched their week-long protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 and distributed leaflets in Guwahati on Tuesday. Members of the organisations including KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi distributed the leaflets at Chandmari Flyover and Ganeshguri on Tuesday morning. The leaflets will be distributed in
the entire city by the organizations. Around 30 lakh leaflets across the state are to be distributed by the organisations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 across Assam from Wednesday. On October 27th, Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi called for a press conference at Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) office along with Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) and 59 other organizations and said that a massive protest rally against the Citizenship Bill would be launched across the state on November 5th. “On November 3, the representatives of 60 organisations will meet to discuss our future course. We will discuss our strategies and plan accordingly to take forward our fight to safeguard Assam,” Gogoi said. Gogoi also called for a public meeting against the bill on November 4. Earlier on October 23 over 60 organisations called for 12-hour statewide bandh against the Citizenship Bill 2016.
