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Bandh paralises Dima Hasao

Assam bandh called by AASU & other organisation protesting Citizen Amendment Bill 2016 on Tuesday effected Dima Hasao. In Haflong, Maibang and many other places people kept their shops closed and refrained themselves from attending offices in support of the strike. Many student bodes & associations like DSU, Indigenous Student Association extended there support to the bandh.

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