India, Feb. 21 -- On 11th December 2019, the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019 (turning it into the Citizenship Amendment (CAA), which guarantees Indian citizenship to all 'persecuted' minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
While the popular narrative of this act revolves around the 'exclusion of Muslims' and its relation with NRC-NPR, and it has been given a communal angle; the opposition to this act varies, as far as north-east India is concerned, particularly Assam.
Here, the protest is not on religious lines but more on ethnic lines, which have broader implications for the security and development of the region.
The rally is not only about the current Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). But, it...