Congress To Boycott Amit Shah’s CAB Meet In Delhi Today

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NEW DELHI: The Congress has decided to boycott the meeting over Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) called by Union Home Minister in New Delhi on Saturday as a mark of protest against the bill.

The meeting called by Shah is expected to see the attendance of various stakeholders including representatives of political parties and students leaders as well as civil society members.

The meeting is taking place in the Gopinath Bordoloi Marg-located Assam House. The first two meetings with representatives from Tripura and Mizoram took place on Friday night.

“The other back-to-back meetings with representatives from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland will take place on Saturday,” said sources.

“We have decided to boycott the meeting as this meeting is just a mere eyewash. The government is pre determined that they will introduce the CAB in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament,” said Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora.

Terming the bill as a move against the interest of the people of the Northeast, Bora said, “The CAB is against the very principle of the Assam Accord. This bill will not only put the identity of the indigenous people of the region into danger, but it will also attack the fundamental right of the people.”

All the Congress MPs from Northeast also staged a protest demonstration in the Parliament premises opposing the CAB.

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