Bandh called in northeast on Jan 8 over citizenship bill
Student organisations and indigenous groups have called for an 11-hour bandh across the northeastern states on January 8 from 5 am-4 pm in protest against Centre's decision to table Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in Parliament. The bill seeks to grant citizenship to minority communities, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis, Buddhists and Jains from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.