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In a swift action, police locked the gates of the Aasu office and confined the demonstrators within its premises. They also barricaded the Aasu office with bamboos. Guwahati: Prohibitory orders were imposed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced angry protests from anti-citizenship bill agitators when he arrived here on a two-day visit to the northeast on Friday evening. Just across the street opposite the Aasu office, BJP activists, mostly women, had gathered with party flags to welcome the PM.Police had banned movement of people and vehicles along the stretch between the Aasu office and the Raj Bhavan that runs alongside the Brahmaputra and is basically a residential area. Aasu has its headquarters located at GU.“This is the PM’s first visit to Assam after the (citizenship) bill was passed by the Lok Sabha..