People against bill: Mizoram CM tells Modi

AIZAWL: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the people of the northeastern states vehemently oppose the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, an official statement said Tuesday. The statement said that Zoramthanga met Modi in New Delhi on Monday and discussed several issues including the opposition to the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955. A meeting of the state council of ministers on January 10 had expressed regret that the citizenship bill was passed in the Lok Sabha and that the state government should make concerted efforts for the defeat of the bill in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)