The protest was organised under the aegis of the Dhemaji district unit of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), All Tai Ahom Students Union (ATASU), and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS). The business community shut shops and commercial establishments and extended full support to the protest.

The protesters shouted slogans against the CAA and the BJP-led governments in the state and the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and State Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Addressing the gathering, AJYCP general secretary Palash Changmai attacked Sonowal and Sarma, saying that they were ruling Assam under the direction of Modi and Shah.

He said Sonowal and Sarma were trying to destroy the foundation of the Assamese nationality, and the Assamese language and culture by implementing the CAA forcefully, only to protect their political interests. Terming the Sonowal-Sarma duo as traitors and untrustworthy, the AJYCP leader warned them to stop their evil attempts to mislead the people with various fake schemes.

He also called upon all the Assamese people, irrespective of caste, creed and religion to be united and go on fighting against the CAA for their existence as well as to uproot the BJP in the forthcoming elections in 2021.

Speaking at the protest meeting, journalist Ajit Bhuyan urged the people to fight together against the CAA as it would destroy the entire state. He criticised Sonowal and Sarma, terming them persons without backbone who are working under the directions of Modi and Shah.

ATASU president Litul Buragohain, while speaking in the meeting, termed the agitation as the last battle of the Assamese people for their survival and called upon all to be united to drive out illegal Bangladeshis from Assam.

The meeting was also addressed by Shantanu Bothakur, advocate of the Gauhati High Court, actor Nayan Nirban, Chatra Mukti Sangram Samiti general secretary Bedabrat Saikia, All Missing Senior Citizens Association advisor Phani Tayeng, ATASU vice president Dulal Boruah, AJYCP cultural secretary Debajit Das.

They also strongly opposed the CAA and demanded its immediate scrapping, and called upon the Assamese people to come out to join the anti-CAA agitation. The protest meeting was also attended by Bishnu Sarma, general secretary of the Dhemaji district unit of AJYCP, and Ratul Buragohain, advisor of the organisation.