The northeast region of the country has been witnessing a lot of protests as people took to the streets to express their sentiments against the Citizenship Amendment Bill which provides Indian nationality to six communities: Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014, and facing religious persecution there.

The northeast is protesting because this bill grants citizenship to ordinary refugees and will thus undermine the ethnic communities and the culture of the people living in the area.