Question

Why did state wide bandh is called on December, 1979?

Answer 1

A statewide bandh was called on 10 December 1979, in Assam as part of the Assam Agitation led by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP). This agitation arose due to concerns over illegal immigration in Assam, especially from neighboring Bangladesh. The demand was to identify and expel illegal immigrants and remove their names from the electoral rolls. The bandh was called on the last date for submitting nomination papers in the Mangaldoi by-election, as AASU demanded that the election be postponed until the issue of illegal immigrants was addressed.