Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi on Friday urged all the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) groups to unite and intensify the movement against the amended Act to compel the Centre to withdraw it. It’s time to intensify the anti-CAA movement in a way that the government is bound to scrap the law. In his five-page letter, Akhil shared his helplessness at not being able to participate in the anti-CAA movement. Therefore, it’s the responsibility of the groups who are fighting outside to unite and take this movement to a logical solution. 13/2019) in which Akhil and other KMSS leaders, Dhirjya Konwar and Bittu Sonowal, were arrested for allegedly having nexus with Maoist groups.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2020 20:02 UTC