more-inA divided Congress in Assam has sought a referendum on the “controversial” Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as the Joint Parliamentary Committee ended its three-day hearing in Assam on Wednesday. “We want a referendum on the issue to make things clear,” former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Wednesday. This Bill bodes ill for the people of Assam besides threatening to lit a communal fire,” Mr. Gogoi said. Divided by valleyBut while the Congress in largely Assamese-speaking Brahmaputra Valley opposed the Bill, the party’s unit in the Bengali-speaking Barak Valley in southern Assam supported it. Former Congress minister Gautam Roy, supporting the Bill, took the middle path.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2018 13:32 UTC