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Many BJP leaders admitted that there was an error in gauging the mood of the people on the Citizenship Amendment Act. Party leaders said the protest was not expected. After protests across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had to publicly state that it was a law brought to grant citizenship, not to take citizenship of anyone.

Left parties and Muslim organizations called a nationwide shutdown in protest against the citizenship law on Thursday. Demonstrations and incidents of violence occurred in 12 states. In 6 of the states where protests took place, BJP is in power. In Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, protesters set the bus on fire. In Lucknow, the mob opened fire on the police. Crew members got stuck due to a jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, forcing IndiGo to cancel 19 flights from Delhi. 16 flights were delayed.

On Thursday, Left parties and Muslim organizations called a shutdown in other states of the country including Karnataka, Bihar to protest against the citizenship law. During this time, CPI-M workers blocked railway tracks in many cities including Patna, Darbhanga in Bihar.

Protest against the citizenship law has been going on for 5 days in the northeastern states including Assam. Protests have also started in Bengal. Thousands of Muslims took out a rally in protest against the law here on Friday. The ongoing protests in the northeastern states, including Assam, are also having a major impact. The meeting of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati on 15-16 December has been postponed

Rajya Sabha has a total of 240 MPs, while 5 seats are vacant. In such a situation, the majority figure is 121 on a total of 245 seats. Out of 245, 125 MPs were already in support of the Bill, while 113 MPs opposed it. 2 MPs had not made their stand clear.

There is anger among students of Aligarh Muslim University after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha. In view of the demonstration, security forces have been set up in the AMU campus. Earlier on Tuesday evening, students shouted slogans against the administration and protested by burning a copy of the bill. The students took out a torch procession. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been declared anti-Muslim. During this time the police also had to use force. Police have registered a case against 500 students, including 20 nominated, for violating Section 144.

The bandh was announced by student organizations and left parties in the North East states in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in the Lok Sabha. In Assam, Tripura and Arunachal, its impact was seen on common life. In Dibrugarh and Jorhat in Assam, people opposing the bill opened fire. All the exams to be held here on Tuesday were postponed. Similarly, markets and roads in Arunachal were closed due to the bandh. Internet was banned for 48 hours in view of the protests in Tripura.

During the discussion on this bill, 48 members spoke in either in favor or opposition to this bill. After this, at around 10 pm, Home Minister Amit Shah started answering all the questions. He gave his speech for over an hour. Home Minister Amit Shah said that today is the day to end the torture of millions of refugees who are living the life of hell.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary raised the issue of Unnao rape on Tuesday. During the discussion during zero hour, Chaudhary said that so many cases of rape have come from Kathua to Unnao. I feel ashamed when I hear about such incidents. We are slowly moving from 'Make in India' to 'Rape in India'. Many senior leaders of the government, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, talk a lot on other issues, but remain silent on the subject.

Amid a lot of chaos and opposition in the Parliament after the introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The debates in the Lok Sabha, brought Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah in the box who then explained the crucial difference between refugees fleeing religious persecution and infiltrations, along with asserting extending the exercise of National Register of Citizens, pan-India. Briefly, the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 offers citizenship for irregular immigrants from the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christian from neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh