Agartala: Union home minister Amit Shah will hold a crucial meeting with the leaders from different indigenous political parties, NGOs and stakeholders from the Northeast over Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on January 19, said IPFT general secretary and state tribal welfare minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia.

He said that in the meeting the IPFT leaders will discuss the implications of the implementation of CAA. The Centre will certainly look into the problems and take the decisions accordingly.

“A wide range of protests is going on across the country over CAA, especially in the Northeast. Even the NDA partners are opposing the Act from being implemented and Tripura is no exception, as IPFT has also opposed the Act,” Jamatia said.

He also said that since 2016 they have been opposing the CAB which was unfortunately passed in the assembly. The Act is a threat to the people of the country, it will affect both tribal and non-tribal people and this will affect the state in a large scale.