Watch: Assam, other parts of North-East erupt in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill
The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with a resounding majority on Monday.
Massive protests against CAB in Assam & across India.
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) December 9, 2019
BJP leaders are the new Britishers trying to Divide & Rule
Hindus, Muslims, Christian, Sikh, all ethnic groups, linguistic groups will stand together against unconstitutional CAB.#IndiaRejectsCAB
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North-East India is under the grip of intense protests after the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday night. People have been protesting on the streets of Assam before and afterwards, with thousands of protestors marched on the streets with burning torches in their hands.
Tonight, protest against CAB in Guwahati ,Assam#VoteAgaintsCAB #IndiaRejectsCAB pic.twitter.com/vz2vjA43EE
— Azhar uddin (@AzharUd90734422) December 9, 2019
These videos were shot by a mass Com student,Tanushree Hazarika at Gohpur, a small town in Upper Assam under Bishwanath Charali district, this evening. @AmitShah @sarbanandsonwal @himantabiswa @RahulGandhi @ShashiTharoor @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/cklETmWiNX
— Amar Sangno (@sangnoamar) December 9, 2019
This is the protest against the unconstitutional CAB in Gauhati Assam.#IndiaRejectsCAB but a brute majority govt will play blind as always. #CABAgainstConstitutionpic.twitter.com/wizJigry8E
— Geet V (@geetv79) December 10, 2019
The North East Students’ Organisation has called for an 11-hour shutdown in the region to protest against the Bill. Political parties like the Congress, the All India United Democratic Front and the All Assam Students Union are in support of the shutdown.
This is the condition in Digboi, Assam. Amidst all the protest the CAB Bill is still passed in the Lok Sabha. #CABAgainstConstitution #CABBill #CAB_NRC pic.twitter.com/XdIqJ7I3LE
— Shreya Bajaj (@shreyare) December 10, 2019
Protest against CAB in Dharmanagar District Naogaon led by @iyctripura Working President Shri @ralngamring #CountryAgainstBJP pic.twitter.com/ihEp12f9QN
— Pujan Biswas (@pujanbiswaspyc) December 10, 2019
#NoToCAB #CABAgainstConstitution #modigoback #CABAgainstConstitution #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019
— Yudi (@uttamduarah) December 10, 2019
Massive Peaceful protest against CAB in Moran pic.twitter.com/DHCXLMksYV
The Bill proposes amendments to a 1955 law to provide citizenship to “persecuted” Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the Muslim-majority nations of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.