Guwahati, Sept. 9 -- Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Monday ramped up its protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by organizing a large-scale demonstration at Mirza, located in Assam's Kamrup district.

Party members opened the protest by lighting candles in front of a portrait of music icon Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, paying tribute to his legacy.

They took an oath to continue opposing the CAA, which they believe endangers Assam's cultural and ethnic identity.

As the demonstration unfolded, hundreds of AJP supporters marched through the streets of Mirza, chanting anti-CAA slogans and holding banners that criticized the central government's recent decision to extend the implementation deadline for the Act by ten more years.

While a...