CAB anti-minority, anti-indigenous people: Naga students’ body

Kohima: The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on Tuesday conducted a peaceful sit-in protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) that was passed in Lok Sabha, showing their solidarity to the other Northeast states. Due to the ongoing Hornbill Festival, normal lives continued across the state despite the 11-hour bandh called by North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) to protest against the Bill.

Speaking at the protest, which was attended mostly by students, NSF president Ninoto Awomi said that during the December 3 meeting held with Union home minister Amit Shah, it was apprised that “Nagaland will be exempt from the purview of CAB” as it was already with Inner Line Permit (ILP) provisions.

“Although Nagaland state has ILP provision, with the given poor mechanism we have in place, Nagaland is not being able to control influx of illegal immigrants even today,” he added.