All Assam Students’ Union is not the guardian of Assam Gana Parishad, which gave birth to the six-year long historic Assam agitation with the support of organizations like Asom Gana Sangram Parishad, All Assam Karmachari Parishad, Assam Lawyers’ Association, Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad, AJYCP and others.

The organizations took part in the agitation had formed the AGP in the convention of these organizations held at Golaghat. But it does not mean that AASU had given birth to the AGP. Hence, the AASU leadership has no legal right to interfere any internal affairs of the AGP as its legal guardian, opined the Asom Yuva Santha president Shyamanta Kashyap here in Nagaon.

Welcoming the unification process taken up by the AGP, the Asom Yuva Santha president Kashyap said that although it is high time, it is quite necessary to work out the unification of all the regional parties- AGP, AGP(P), TGP and PLP, so as to strengthen the regionalism in the State to meet the aspirations of the people of Asom, for which they launched such a strong agitation at the cost of extreme sacrifice to build up a greater and prosperous Asom by driving out the Bangladeshi intruders. As the AGP emerged out as a result of the historic agitation, the prime responsibility comes to AGP again to take the lead of regionalism to meet the aspirations of the people of Asom and to bar the infiltration of Bangladeshis to Asom, which has already changed the demography of the State, and this is due to the soft corner developed by the ruling Government.

Kashyap further said that at present the AASU is being dominated by a section of people who are not the students in reality. He further said, S Bhattacharya, the chief adviser of AASU is not a student at present, so he should not be in AASU. AASU being a non-political students’ organization should maintain its non-political identity.

Kashyap further said that neither the State nor the Central Government is serious enough in regard to holding talks with the ULFA for the solution of the burning problem.

Kashyap also said that they will stage the protest throughout the State demanding the ST status for six scheduled tribes. In the meantime, they have discussed with all the six students’ organizations - Moran- Mottock, Chutia, Tai-Ahom, Koch-Rajbanshi, Sonowal-Kachari and Tea tribes.

During his visit Kashyap was accompanied by state committee members Rohan Bharadwaj, Kaushik Manta, Simanta Das, Biswajit Mahanta and Dipujwal Rajkhowa. During their stay, Pallav Bora of ADP College Students’ Union joined the Yuva Santha. Kashyap cautioned AASU not to interfere the AGP matters any more.