Picture by Avik ChakrabortyKrishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) members showed black flags to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday when he was entering the Chowkidinghee playground here to attend the concluding function of the 61st State Conference of the All Assam Ahom Sabha. As Sonowal’s convoy made its way to the venue around 4pm, the protesters, who have been agitating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, raised black flags at the chief minister. Following the show of dissent against the chief minister, the security was tightened inside the meeting venue. The chief minister stayed there for 50 minutes and addressed the gathering for 15 minutes but refrained from mentioning anything about the citizenship bill. Noted Ahom scholar Dayananda Buragohain requested the chief minister to install a life-sized statue of Sukapha in front of the Assam Secretariat.

Source: The Telegraph January 06, 2019 19:41 UTC