Assam Accord

The Prime Minister asserted that it was India's duty to provide shelter to people who have suffered immense oppression in neighbouring countries due to their non-Islamic faith. He argued that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is directed towards this purpose.

Nagaland parties oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Akil Gogoi raises secessionist rant over the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Himanat Biswa Sarma has said that without citizenship Bill, Assam will end up like Kammu and Kashmir.

JD(U) leaders Prashant Kishore, KC Tyagi and Sanjay Verma will join protests in Guwahati on Republic Day.

The Bill proposes to allow the religious minorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to acquire the Indian citizenship by way of naturalisation.

Even after more than 3 decades, most provisions of the Assam Accord 1985 remains unfulfilled

Mamata Banerjee has been vocally critical of the BJP led central government over the NRC final draft publication in the state of Assam

The NRC is being implemented in Assam as a method to identify citizens and illegal immigrants.

Amit Shah accused opposition parties of using illegal immigrants as a vote bank for 70 years and said that they are now a threat to the country