At the sit-in protest organised in Aizawl, Ricky Lalbiakmawia Colney, finance secretary of NESO, said, "After the BJP's victory in 2014 election, the CAB became a tool to change the demography of the country and make India a Hindu nation by bringing back Hindus from neighbouring countries."

"The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) was set up to study the impact of CAB in each state. But Mizoram, a state which will receive the most and negative impact of the CAB, was left out by the JPC," he added.

Colney further stated that the CAB is unconstitutional and is against the spirit of secularism. Tough it aims to give advantages to religious minorities from the neighbouring countries, Christians of Myanmar, who needed this Bill the most are left out.

The finance secretary further added that with plans to reintroduce the Bill during the winter session of Parliament, a fresh and stronger protest must be taken against it. He said, “Though Mizoram has special protection under the Inner Line Permit (ILP), it is not an instrument to protect the state against illegal Chakmas from Bangladesh if CAB is passed."