Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has called a meeting of all political parties in the state on January 29 to discuss the Citizenship Amendment Bill even as protests against the Bill continue in the state.
The chief minister's media advisor, Irengbam Arun today said the CM has called the meeting at his official residence on January 29 morning to discuss the Bill. The BJP is heading a coalition government in the state with the National People's Party, Naga People's Front and the Lok Janshakti Party.
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) are continuing in the state with people taking out processions and holding sit-ins in various districts demanding that the Bill be withdrawn. Manipur People's Party (MPP), many students' organisations and civil society players in the state are against the CAB.
MPP president O Jugindro had earlier said his party would oppose the Bill tooth and nail. He said the Bill, if passed in the Rajya Sabha, would reduce the population of indigenous people of the northeastern states, including Manipur, to "microscopic minority".