Agartala: TRUGMP, the tribal wing of CPI(M) in Tripura, will launch a statewide agitation to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and to “save democracy” from Saturday, its leader said.
Former MP Jiten Chowdhury, also president of Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, filed a petition in the Supreme Court in January this year, challenging the new citizenship law and said the amended Act is “discriminatory” and “unconstitutional”.
“We will launch our statewide agitation against CAA from Saturday, because it is unconstitutional. The Act will bring disastrous effects on people, mainly those living in the Northeastern region,” Chowdhury told reporters here on Friday.
Tripura is “overpopulated and has no capacity to accommodate more people” in the state, he said.
Chowdhury alleged that the BJP-IPFT government in the state has failed to address the problems of common people. (PTI)
