Senior Congress leader and former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said he would break the prohibitory order and court arrest if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was not withdrawn by the Centre.

Citizenship Bill: Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi says he will violate prohibitory order

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 has been passed in the Parliament on Tuesday after a discussion regarding various clauses of the Bill. The Bill seeks to enable Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh without valid travel documents or those whose valid documents expired in recent years to acquire Indian citizenship through the process of naturalisation.

Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 passed in Lok Sabha

The 'bandh' has also been called to condemn Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 would be passed in Parliament soon, a NESO leader said.

Students across North East support 'bandh' against Citizenship Amendment Bill

US President Donald Trump warned today that the "so-called birthright citizenship will be ended one way or the other". As critics warned that an executive order wouldn't be enough to bring in the change, the US president said "it is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

Birthright citizenship will be ended one way or the other, warns Trump

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill raises doubts on the government?s actual humanitarian concern