Asom Sena is a vigilante wing of All Assam Students Union

All Assam Students Union

All Assam Students Union is a five-tier students' union in Assam, India.All Assam Students Union or AASU is a students' organization in Assam, India. It is best known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh...

 in Assam. It was formed in Barpeta

Barpeta

Barpeta is the headquarters of Barpeta district, Assam, India. The city is located about north west of Guwahati.Barpeta is renowned in the Historical map of Assam as the "Land of the Satras"...

 on Dec 8, 2005 with the Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...

 as its role model for the cause of social justice and reformation of the indigenous people of and within the state Its chief organizer is Lakshman Das and convener is Niranjan Nath. The prime architect of the outfit is Samujjal Bhattacharya, a long time advisor to AASU

All Assam Students Union

All Assam Students Union is a five-tier students' union in Assam, India.All Assam Students Union or AASU is a students' organization in Assam, India. It is best known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh...

.

Focuses

According to Samujjal Bhattacharya, the prime architect of the outfit, "the Asom Sena will function as a front of the AASU and Asom Unnati Sabha. The deprivation of local youths in the matters of appointment in various departments of the governments both in New Delhi and Dipsur (Guwahati) will be a major issue to be taken up by Asom Sena. The volunteers of Asom Sena will never pursue violent activities and remain as a non-political group. Though it may adopt a radical stand in need on the issues of regional interests."

Reactions

• Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a minority organization has officially opposes the outfit. It fears that the outfit will terrorise the Bengali-speaking voters and harass the non-Assamese people living in the state.
• Vishwa Hindu Parishad has made a declaration that it would launch a similar outfit named Hindu Sena in the state.
• Banned outfit ULFA expresses its disappointment against the formation of Asom Sena stating that it would create rifts among different ethnic communities in the state. "Instead of forming Asom Sena, the AASU should try to unite the people of Assam," said Pradip Gogoi
  Pradip Gogoi
  Pradip Gogoi is the Vice-Chairman of the outlawed outfit ULFA in Assam. He is also one of the founder members of the outfit. He was arrested in Kolkata by West Bengal Police on April 8, 1998 and put in judicial custody at Guwahati. A former electricity board employee Gogoi hails from Sibsagar...
  
  , arrested Vice-Chairman of ULFA.