When protest broke out against the Centre's plan to bring the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, (CAB) -- dubbed to be against the interest of the indigenous people of the region -- many political commentators believed that it would mar the BJP's chances in the general elections in the North East.
When asked if the Assam government will request the Centre to make necessary changes in the existing bill to allay apprehensions of the people here, Sonowal said that is not needed if the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is implemented properly.
Home Ministry said that such reports from a section of the media are "baseless". It said that no such action has been ordered by the ministry against editors in Assam opposing Citizenship Amendment Bill.
The general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) was optimistic that the Congress had put up a good show in the five constituencies where polling was held during the first phase of the elections on April 11.
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Students' organisations, political parties and individuals opposing the bill said the collective movement of all against the legislation had won.
The Citizenship Bill and the Triple Talaq Bill will lapse if not passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, the last day of the Budget session.
Political parties in the Northeast, including the BJP allies, are vehemently opposing the bill that was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8. The Centre had said it will try to get it passed by the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session.
The Nagaland cabinet has rejected the Bill which was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8.
Amid widespread protests across the Northeast over the contentious citizenship bill, National Peoples Party(NPP) president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday threatened that his party will quit the BJP-led NDA if the proposed legislation is passed in Rajya Sabha.
PM Modi, who was on his way to the airport from the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati, was shown black flags by protesters belonging to the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) at Machkhowa area.
Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Sunday warned the Narendra Modi government that a "volatile" situation will arise in the state if the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed by the Rajya Sabha.
Mamata Banerjee was reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the TMC's support for the passage of the bill, at a rally in Thakunagar in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Terming the bill as 'flawed', the Congress had walked out of the debate in Lok Sabha, which passed it during the Winter Session on January 8.
The cabinet clarified that the state government, which represents the will and desire of the people, remains opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
The MNF from Mizoram, NDPP from Nagaland, IPFT from Tripura, SDF from Sikkim besides NPP leaderships from Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur have confirmed their participation in the meeting.
"We would like to know as to how many detention centres are there in Assam. We also want to know as to how many persons are lodged there and since when," the bench said.
Manipur is one of the northeastern states which has been seeing various agitations in protest against the passing of this Bill on January 8 by the Lok Sabha.
Addressing MNF workers at Aibawk village near Aizwal, Zoramthanga said that the party and his government had been making all-out efforts to ensure the defeat of the bill.
The state does not need any such agitation which creates only regressive atmosphere, the senior BJP leader said.
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