Daily News - 25 Feb, 2020
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Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi said that he will be launching an indefinite hunger strike in jail from March 1, as a protest movement against the BJP-led Government’s Citizenship Amendment Act. Gogoi shouted to the gathering of media people outside the court and said that he along with other imprisoned KMSS leaders- Dharjya Konwar, Bitu Sonowal and Manash Konwar will launch a hunger strike within the jail premises to “ensure the victory of the Andolan” against CAA. Gogoi and other imprisoned KMSS leaders were produced at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on February 25. They said that the fight against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will continue and have asked people to continue with the agitation.

The government of Mizoram had written a letter to the Central government asking the latter to review the inter-state border dispute with Assam. The letter was sent on December 15 last year. The information was given by Home Minister Lalchamliana at the Assembly in response to a query by  Congress legislature party leader Zodintluanga Ralte. The government is trying to figure out a solution to the border dispute at  Zophai area near Bairabi town.

With a view to spreading the perennial ideologies of Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha across the border of the State of Assam, a biography on the noble figure was published in Kolkata in the Bengali language. The biography titled Amader Bishnu Prasad Rabha was released at St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College by former Regional Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, Dr. Ram Kumar Mukhopadhyay.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Home Minister Amit Shah to review the current situation in Delhi.After meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, the Delhi CM said, “The police will be sent wherever they are needed, the centre has told me.” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called for sealing the city’s border in areas that witnessed violence over the amended citizenship act to prevent “outsiders” from entering the national capital and creating a commotion.

BJP’s Gautam Gambhir has said that strict action must be taken against people who are guilty of causing violence in Delhi. Fingers are being pointed at BJP’s Kapil Mishra who gave a provocative speech where he asked police to clear CAA protestors within three days from streets of North East Delhi.

The rioting mob in Delhi did not spare journalists. Reports of violence against journalists have flooded social media now. According to reports, some journalists were even asked about their religion. A journalist with JK 24X7 who was shot at is critical. Another journalist lost a tooth during the violence. People took to Twitter to share stories of the violence.

India has sent a formal request to the UK, asking the latter to return a 15th century bronze idol of a Tamil saint Tirumankai Alvar. The statue stolen from a temple is currently housed at Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford. The museum which had acquired the piece in 1967 from Sotheby’s auction house alerted the Indian High Commission in December last year, after the museum learnt about the origins of the statue from an independent researcher in November last year.