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Don’t auction oilfields: AASU to govt

The protest over the oilfield auctioning move gathers momentum when AASU activists in large number staged mass demonstration in Nazira on Wednesday asking the government not to proceed. Led by AASU adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharyee along with president Dipankar Nath and General Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi, hundreds of AASU activists Gana Satyagraha in front of the ONGC’s Assam Asset in Nazira with a voew to oppose the move tooth and nail.

With banners and play cards, the protesters shouted slogans against the Modo Government who allegedly starts going back to the poll promises. The AASU leaders further said that they are well prepared to take Delhi and Dispur if the government does not drop the anti-people policies.

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