The indigenous people of Assam can “never accept” the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which will be a critical issue in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, asserted Dibrugarh Parliamentary constituency’s Opposition candidate Lurinjyoti Gogoi, also the president of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP). “The illegal influx of foreigners has been a long-standing cause for concern in Assam, and the BJP has now legalised it with this act, which is unacceptable to the people,” Mr. Gogoi told PTI in an interview, amid campaigning, in Assam’s Margherita. He claimed that Assam has borne the burden of illegal foreigners until 1971 and that adding another 43 years till 2014 is unacceptable to the people. The CAA is seen as a threat to the identity of the Assamese, according to Mr. Gogoi. The Opposition parties have been protesting against the CAA, and “this is a very serious and dangerous issue, which will also have an economic, social, cultural and linguistic impact on the people of the state,” the AJP chief said.