New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- : As the central government is expected to table the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Parliament next week, the Congress is gearing up to make out a strategy regarding the same.

A meeting of senior Congress leaders has been called today over the Bill. Present in the meeting will be Ahmed Patel, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Anand Sharma Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari among others.

Party had earlier opposed the Bill, while senior leaders of the party stated that this bill will have a strong impact in North-Eastern states.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi had earlier sent a delegation of senior leaders to North-East states which later submitted the report to her. After that, another committee has been set up to t...