Assam Congress to collect 50L ‘gamochas’ with anti-CAA messages

Guwahati, Feb 17 : Before the Assembly elections in Assam, Congress leaders and workers will visit every house in the state and collect 50 lakh ‘gamochas’ to intensify its campaign against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, party leaders said on Wednesday.
The traditional ‘gamocha’ in Assam is a white piece of cloth with red border having a customary pattern, which is almost synonymous to Assamese identity and culture.
The Congress has set a target of collecting 50 lakh gamochas with anti-CAA messages to display them in the proposed ‘Martyrs’ Memorial’ to be built to commemorate the martyrdom of anti-CAA protesters, who had sacrificed their lives to save ‘Assamese pride’.
The chairman of the Congress’ election manifesto committee, Gaurav Gogoi, said that the party has proposed to build an anti-CAA memorial in Guwahati for which he urged every Assamese to share gamochas with anti-CAA messages.
“You may sign the gamocha and send it to us through courier or hand it over to any party worker who visits you,” Gogoi, deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said while addressing a gathering in Bihpuria town in Lakhimpur district.
Gogoi, the son of three-time former Chief Minister late Tarun Gogoi, further said: “This is your chance to be a part of history. We humbly request you to write why you don’t want CAA in Assam with your name on a gamocha and send it to us.”