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DR. THOKCHOM MEINYA (INNER MANIPUR): Madam Speaker, I rise to raise an urgent matter of public importance.
My State of Manipur and North-East India are now on the boil. They are demanding immediate withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. The whole State was on no work strike yesterday. Every day there are some forms of strikes like dharna in public places, rallies on the national highways, etc. Manipur students’ bodies, CSOs and elderly women of Ima Market of Manipur protested at Jantar Mantar on 30th of January 2019 demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (CAB) which was hurriedly passed by the Lok Sabha on the last day of the Winter Session 2018 after JPC had submitted its non-unanimous report on the previous day amidst boycott by the principal Opposition, the Indian National Congress Party. Even on the day of passing the Bill, there was complete upsurge in the entire North-East. If this Bill is not withdrawn immediately, the fall-out will be very dangerous and situation will be out of control.