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Guwahati, March 21 : The influential All Assam Students’ Union today demanded an action plan from each political party and non-party candidates contesting the parliamentary elections.

The students’ union alleged that the parties and their candidates had been cheating the people of Assam with false promises before the elections.

Addressing the media here, AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said: “But this time, all must come up with a thorough action plan as to how they will go about resolving various burning issues of the state and within what period of time.”

The students’ union, however, did not specify what steps it would take against the candidates or the parties if they failed to come up with the action plan.

“We will take a decision in this regard at our next executive meeting,” AASU president Sankar Prasad Rai said.

Bhattacharyya said the action plan should mention what steps a candidate would take to weed out fundamentalist organisations operating in Assam.

“It is a pity that no political party or candidate has spoken against the fundamentalist organisations although they pose a major threat to the state.”

Bhattacharyya said each candidate should frame an action plan for the proper implementation of the Assam Accord vis-à-vis sealing of the international border, deportation of migrants who entered the state after 1971, issuance of the National Registration Certificate and a special package for the martyrs of the Assam Agitation.

The general secretary of the students’ union, Tapan Gogoi, said: “During campaigning, most of the candidates promise to do the needful for the implementation of the Assam Accord. But they forget all these after the elections. This time, they will have to come out with an action plan stating that he/she will do this and that and within a stipulated timeframe.”

The students’ union said the candidates should have a clear policy on how to improve the state’s academic scenario.

The union demanded that each candidate specify what steps would be taken to set up an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, an Indian Institute of Management and an Indian Institute of Information Technology and maintain a steady flow of funds to the three universities of the state.