GUWAHATI: With no signs of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) dying down in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his scheduled inauguration of the Khelo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati on January 10.
“We had invited the Prime Minister. Till now, no confirmation has come. But informally, we have been informed that he is not coming,” Avinash Joshi, CEO of Khelo India Games told Indian Express.
The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), which has been leading protests against CAA in multiple parts of Assam, had warned of massive demonstrations if Modi attended the inauguration.
The development comes weeks after a summit meeting between Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, which had been scheduled to be held between December 15 and 17 in Guwahati at the annual India Japan summit, was cancelled due to the anti-CAA protests.
