GUWAHATI: Anti-CAA petitioners in Assam and Tripura on Wednesday gave a thumbs up to the Supreme Courts decision to treat their reservations about the new law as distinct from that of the rest of the country and, therefore, hear those cases separately and on priority.
“We have been asking for separate hearings for Assam and the northeast as our issues are entirely different,” Lurinjyoti Gogoi, the general secretary of the All Assam Students Union (Aasu), said. “We have been the worst victims of illegal migration from Bangladesh and cannot afford to take in a single extra illegal migrant — be it a Hindu or Muslim. We believe the Supreme Court will give us justice.” In its petition, Aasu has questioned the logic of considering illegal migrants eligible for citizenship even if they entered the state after the Assam Accord cut-off oRead More – Source
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