India, Sept. 4 -- Assam's largest student body on Thursday organised a statewide hunger strike against the Union government's move to allow members of minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, who came to India until December 31, 2024, to escape religious persecution, to stay without a passport or other travel documents.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came into force last year, earlier applied only to those who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) said the latest order paved the way for undocumented Hindu Bangladeshis, who came until 2024, to remain in Assam. It demanded that Assam be completely excluded from its ambit. AASU said it strongly opposes the Imm...