Guwahati: Protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill erupted across Assam on Friday with a youth organisation staging demonstrations, while the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and an influential civic body asserting the legislation will not be accepted by people of the state at any cost.
On the eve of upcoming winter session of Parliament where the bill is expected to be introduced, members and supporters of Asom Jatiyabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) that was in the forefront of the protest against CAB early this year took out rallies and held massive sit-in demonstrations.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India even if they do not possess any document.
The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8 but it was not tabled in Rajya Sabha then.
The AJYCP agitators raised slogans against the BJP-led central and Assam governments for allegedly adopting an “anti-Assam policy to settle illegal hindu migrants in the state by amending the Citizenship Act”. (PTI)
