The members of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Saturday staged a protest against the reopening of the Raha toll gate near the toll gate in Raha.
The protesters slammed the BJP Government's allegedanti-people policies and reopening of the toll gate by raising slogans. They alsowarned of intensifying its agitation if the toll gate was reopened. It askedthe people not to pay any toll.
The protest came after the National Highways Authority ofIndia (NHAI) has decided to reopen the toll plazas in Assam in a phased manner.The toll plazas were earlier opened on the highways NH 37 and NH 31 in the year2015 and 2018 respectively. However, due to protests by the Krishak MuktiSangram Samiti (KMSS) and AJYCP among other organisations, the toll gates wereshut down.
