All Assam Students Union - Assam Agitation

Assam Agitation

AASU began intensifying the agitational programme, and started facilitating the participation of all section of people. AASU formed the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in August, 1979, consisting of AASU, Assam Sahitya Sabha, Purbanchaliya Lok Parishad. The Jatiyatabadi Dal, Asom Yubak Samaj and Young Lawyers’ Forum also joined the Gana Parisha later on. As part of the preparations for the Lok Sabha Election, the CEC has asked the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam to include all names from the earlier voter list in the draft electoral roll. AASU has warned the political parties not to take part in the election unless and otherwise the electoral rolls are revised as per demands. AASU started observing massive satyagraha on the lines of India freedom struggle. Thousands courted arrest daily. Then onwards, it was long six years that the movement continued. It became violent at some point of time, massive in almost all the times during the six years. The most important part of the movement was that the movement has got massive mass support almost from all corners of the society, except the ruling government, and very few others with soft corners for poor Bangladeshis. AASU clearified at different times, that the agitation is against all such illegal foreigners, irrespective of religion, and includes illegal foreigners from Nepal also. AASU continuously had been informing the central government with direct communications to the Prime Minister that the influx from Bangladesh and Nepal has posed serious threat to the existence of the indigenous people of the state of Assam and the entire North Eastern region. Only after the historic Assam Accord, the matter was resolved.