Vehicle set ablaze as fights against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam turn fierce

By DAYANAND MOHITE | published: December 10, 2019 02:19 PM 2019-02-12T14:15:30+5:30

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Monstrous fights broke out in Assam on Tuesday (December 10) against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday (December 9), as the 11-hour North East bandh called by North East Students' Organization (NESO) commenced.

The NESO bandh began at 5 AM on Tuesday will be seen till PM. Most shops, markets and different buildings in Assam are shut since 5 AM and less vehicles were employing on the streets. Sources disclosed to Zee Media that dissenters are likewise assaulting vehicles that have turned out on the streets.

In two separate occurrences in Chabua, OC of Chabua Police station got harmed and two vehicles of security powers were harmed by dissenters. Stones were pelted on a CRPF vehicle which was left at on NH37.

In another episode, stones were pelted on a wanderer of Indian Air Force. A stacked truck was additionally set on fire in Assam by dissenters. The truck was originating from Tinsukia and was enroute Guwahati when it was determined to burning on the NH37 close Dibrugarh University toward the end of last night. Upwards of 4 fire tenders figured out how to splash the fire at about 3.30am.

Upwards of 16 remaining inclining associations - SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF, AISA and IPTA have likewise stretched out their help to Tuesday's bandh. On Monday as well, portions of Assam stayed strained with the All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union (AKRSU), All Assam Chutia Students' Union and All Moran Students Union had required a bandh.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, was passed with 311 MPs casting a ballot in support of its and 80 against. Association Home Minister Amit Shah gave a point by point clarification after the bill was postponed for dialog and said that it is a piece of the Bharatiya Janata Party-drove National Democratic Alliance pronouncement.

During the discussion over the Bill in Lok Sabha, the Union Home Minister said that Manipur will be brought under Inner Line Permit Regime and will stay absolved from the proposed enactment.

''According to the charge, it won't be relevant to the innate zones of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram or Tripura as remembered for the 6th calendar of the Constitution and in the territories secured under The Inner Line, informed under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873. As of now, the ILP system is appropriate in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram,'' Shah said in Lok Sabha.

The Bill gives Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists escaping abuse from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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