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The Assam government on Monday announced that curfew in the state capital, imposed on December 11 in the wake of violent protests against the citizenship law, will be lifted from 6am on Tuesday, an official statement said. The broadband internet service, which has been suspended at the same time, will also resume across the state from Tuesday morning.
The All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) on Sunday announced that it was in talks with the state’s ‘Silpi Samaj’ (artistes’ society) to explore possibilities of forming an alternative political party to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), but the union would remain apolitical.
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of the ruling BJP, has decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court praying for revocation of the amended Citizenship Act, party leader Kumar Deepak Das said on Sunday.
The Government on Monday publicised helpline contacts of central and state security and relief forces present in Assam for people to seek help in the wake of protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
Internal rift within Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) escalated on Sunday, with the party’s Guwahati committee staging demonstrations in front of its headquarters here.
The death toll in police firing in Guwahati on Thursday rose to four after two injured youth succumbed to injuries, while undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
Curfew was on Monday relaxed in Guwahati from 6 am to 9 pm, with the city limping back to normalcy, following week-long protests over the amended Citizenship Act, Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Rajiv Saikia said.