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Assam Students Protest Reported Drop of Non-Muslim Foreigners’ Tribunal Cases

Leaked minutes proposing case withdrawals under the CAA have fueled demands for reversal even as the chief minister insists no new order was issued

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Overview

  • All Assam Students’ Union held statewide protests on August 8, burning copies of the directive at district headquarters to oppose withdrawing tribunal cases against non-Muslim immigrants
  • Minutes from a July 17 Home and Political Department meeting recommended reviewing and dropping cases for six specified communities who entered before December 31, 2014, under CAA rules
  • Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rejected claims of a special directive, saying the Citizenship Amendment Act alone governs protections for those who arrived before the 2014 cutoff Opposition leader Debabrata Saikia joined protests by urging strict adherence to the Assam Accord’s March 24, 1971 cutoff, warning that the reported instruction could legalize nearly half a million migrants
  • The proposal’s legal status remains unclear as officials await any formal order, and student unions demand clarity and a full reversal to uphold the Assam Accord