Assam students' body seeks TMC's support in fight against Citizenship Bill

The influential All Assam Students Union (AASU) has sought the support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in its fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill being pushed by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre.
AASU, the state's oldest students' body that continues to spearhead the movement against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the state, has reached out to the TMC leadership from neighbouring West Bengal in a bid to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam.
Speaking to India Today in Guwahati, AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said, "We recently met Derek O'Brien and Sougata Roy and requested the TMC leadership to support our cause. We explained to them that we are not against Bengalis and that nobody should live in fear. There is a propaganda outside Assam that we are against Bengalis. We are only against illegal Bangladeshis and we believe that Assam cannot be a dumping ground for illegal Bangladeshis. So we want to assure the Bengali speaking community in India and particularly in West Bengal that we are only against Bangladeshis."

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