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Protest in Margherita

By Mithun Baruah |

Activists of Margherita Regional Student Union staged dharna and burnt the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday in front of the residence of Margherita MLA Bhaskar Sharma. The protesters shouted various slogans against Modi, Sonowal and Sharma for the controversial Citizenship Amendment (2016) Bill.

During the bandh on Tuesday called by AASU along with several other organisation, Margherita remained closed.

 

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Mithun Baruah reports from Margherita.

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