The Shiv Sena on Friday criticised the Centre again over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and warned that the entire country will face consequences of instability in Northeast.

In its editorial mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena attacked Centre by saying that the "guardians of Hindus" have created a situation of instability in Northeast. Sena drew attention to the massive protests in Northeast against the amendment passed by the Parliament on Wednesday.

Extending its attack, Sena said even the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has not normalised after Centre scrapped Article 370 on August 5.

The editorial read, "In becoming the guardian of all Hindus over the world, the government has brought citizens in Northeast to unease. What happened to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri pandits in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370? Kashmir situation is not normal even today. Adding fuel to that, citizens in Northeast have now turned violent. What kind of governance is this?"

Shiv Sena warned that the decisions taken by the Centre could adversely affect the entire nation in the near future.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led party, which abstained from voting on the contentious bill in Rajya Sabha, went on said that government passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Upper House by "jugaad" or bending rules.

"Government got Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Rajya Sabha even after not having the majority. Government of the day can do jugaad to get numbers," the editorial read.

"This is what parliament has been brought to. After the bill was passed in Rajya Sabha, people took to roads in the Northeast and the government has sent the army there. Internet connection has been severed. The instability brought in NE will have the entire nation facing the consequence," it added.

Sena claimed the Centre has "aggravated the situation for vote bank politics".

"Government has done surgery on a problem which could have been cured by Ayurved and Yoga. There is vote bank politics behind this. People in the Northeast don't want their identities compromised by bringing people from other countries in their state," Sena said.

Sena's attack on Centre comes at a time when massive protests have broken out in Assam and Tripura, where thousands of people including students joined protests against the newly passed citizenship law.

On Thursday, two youths were even killed in police firing in Guwahati when protests in Assam turned violent.

Citizens, however, defied curfew orders to protest against the new law that seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

In Assam, several towns and cities being placed under an indefinite curfew, including Guwahati, the epicentre of protests, besides Dibrugarh, Tezpur and Dhekiajuli. Night curfew was also imposed in Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia and Charaideo districts.

Army, paramilitary and state police personnel have made Guwahati a virtual fortress with security cover in every corner of the city.

Incidents of police firing were reported from several places in Guwahati including Hatigaon, Lachitnagar, Bashishta, Downtown, Ganeshguri and Lalungaon. Frenzied mobs blocked roads with burning discarded tyres and menaced commuters by bludgeoning their vehicles with sticks and stones.

Internet services in 10 districts of Assam have been suspended for another 48 hours on Thursday to prevent "misuse" of social media to disturb peace and tranquility and to maintain law and order.

Mobile internet and messaging services were also suspended in neighbouring Meghalaya for 48 hours since 5 pm on Thursday after incidents of vandalisation of vehicles.