Agartala: The Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF) on Monday staged sit-in a demonstration, called by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which is likely to be tabled during the ongoing Parliament session.

Speaking with EastMojo, NESO vice-chairman Upendra Debbarma said that the decision to protest was taken on October 31 in the annual general meeting of the organisation in the presence of all eight umbrella organisations from seven Northeastern states.

“We had decided that on this day we will hold a protest all over the Northeast, either in the state capital or in any part of the state. We have selected the Tripura Tribal Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) as our venue,” he said.

A memorandum was also placed in front of the governor of Tripura, Ramesh Bais, ahead of the protest rally in ADC by the TSF leaders in Agartala Raj Bhawan on Monday.

“We met the governor of Tripura. He was very positive towards our demands and has assured that they will be discussing the issue in a meeting which is likely to take place in New Delhi next week,” Debbarma said.