Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016

Prabajan Virodhi Manch Demands Resignation of Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

(L-R) Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, PM Modi and Himanta Biswa Sarma (Photo: Facebook)

The two leaders tried to please the BJP central leadership, the forum suggested.

Hayithung Bill Lotha (Photo: Twitter/@Benzandrew3)

Minorities, scheduled tribes, Dalits and backward caste leaders have extremely little or no voice in decision making in BJP, he said.

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Last week, the families of 76 martyrs returned the awards at an event in Guwahati.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

TMC had staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha last month demanding the Bill be sent to a parliamentary panel.

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio (Photo: Facebook)

Regional parties across the northeast which are in alliance with the BJP will meet in Guwahati to put forth their objections to the bill.

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Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Takam Sanjoy called the Bill “discriminatory, communal, undemocratic, arbitrary and draconian”.

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KMSS will take out a torchlight procession on Jan 23 and organise a 12-hour National Highway and Rail Blockade on Jan 27.

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The NGO Coordination Committee said all govt employees, students and the general public would stay away from functions on Republic Day.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (L) and BJP President Amit Shah

K C Tyagi Tyagi said a party delegation would soon visit Assam to take stock of the ramifications of the legislation.

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The entire process of the National Register of Citizens monitored by the Supreme Court will be meaningless if the bill is passed, he added.

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Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in the three police districts of Guwahati city with immediate effect on Thursday.