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Northeast says ‘No’ to CAB; 11-hr protest kickstarts

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Guwahati: Soon after the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, protesters took to street in Northeast India on Tuesday protesting against the bill. The protesters called for a bandh, which started at 5 am on Tuesday and till be observed till 4 pm. Security has been beefed up in states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. With Horn Bill Festival going on in Nagaland, the state has been left outside the bandh.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there. They will be given Indian citizenship after residing in the country for five years, instead of 11 years which is the current norm. The Northeastern natives feel that these persons will endanger their identity and livelihood and hence an agitation was imperative for their existence and identity.

The Congress, AIUDF, All Assam Students Union, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, Khasi Students Union and the Naga Students Federation are backing the NESO to observe the bandh. A total of 16 left-leaning organisations such as the SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF, AISA and the IPTA has also called a 12-hour bandh in Assam, coinciding with the NESO-organised shutdown. Gauhati University and Dibrugarh University in the state have postponed all examinations scheduled for tomorrow.

The Bill would not be applicable to Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram where the Inner Line Permit system exists and those tribal regions of Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura which are governed under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

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