The Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF) on November 18 staged sit-in a demonstration, called by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), reports East Mojo. NESO Vice-Chairman Upendra Debbarma said that the decision to protest was taken on October 31 in the annual general meeting of the organisation in the presence of all eight umbrella organisations from seven North-eastern states. He stated that “We had decided that on this day we will hold a protest all over the Northeast, either in the state capital or in any part of the state.
A memorandum submitted to Prime Minster stated that “The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), which consists of All Arunachal Pradesh Student‘s Union (MPSU), All Assam Students' Union (AASU), All Manipur Students‘ Union (AMSU), Naga Students‘ Federation (NSF), Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), Garo Students’ Union (GSU), Mizo Zirlai Paul (MZP), Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF), representing the students‘ community of the entire region belonging to different languages and religions, is submitting this memorandum to express our dismay and displeasure that the government of India has again intended to introduce the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament.”