NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 12
As the violent protests in Assam against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill unabated, in a message, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that they have nothing to worry about the new bill passed in the two Houses of the Parliament.
In a series of tweets, in both Assamese language and in English, Modi 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),” Modi wrote on the microblogging site.
He said, “No one can take away your rights, unique identity and beautiful culture. It will continue to flourish and grow.”
Army called out in four places
Several incidents of violence have been reported from the northeastern state following the passage of the Bill by Parliament on Wednesday night. 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, since the bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
