Assam Bandh: Agitators disrupt train services, burn tyres in protest against JPC meeting over Citizenship Bill

At least 60 organizations, including the Congress, have given a 12-hour 'Assam Bandh' call today to register protest against a meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with the Ministries of Home and External Affairs over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. The bill seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, drawing opposition from several organizations in Assam. 

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