[lg policy] Opponents of citizen bill slam Assam bid to boost Assamese If citizen bill is passed, locals could be swamped by outsiders and language policy won't matter, says AASU By Abdul Gani in Guwahati Published 8.02.19, 1:24 AMUpdated 8.02.19, 9:49 AM a min read AJYCP activists block the railway tracks near Kamakhya Junction in Guwahati on Thursday. AddThis Sharing Buttons 23 AJYCP activists block the railway tracks near Kamakhya Junction in Guwahati on Thursday. (PTI) AddThis Sharing Buttons 23 The Assam government’s bid to protect Assamese and other languages in the budget has failed to cut ice with the anti-citizenship bill brigade. All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), two of the organisations at the forefront of the agitation against the bill, have slammed the BJP government’s budget as an “attempt to divert” the attention of the people from the proposed legislation. “This is ridiculous. If the bill is passed, there is no point in pr

Harold Schiffman haroldfs at gmail.com
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 Harold F. Schiffman

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 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
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