In Dibrugarh, the curfew has been relaxed from 7 am-4 pm today, and in Guwahati, it has been relaxed from 9 am-6 pm.
As civil society groups and other organizations in Assam are embroiled in massive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the administration in Dibrugarh and Guwahati relaxed the curfew in their regions for nine hours on Sunday.
In Dibrugarh, the curfew has been relaxed from 7 am-4 pm today, and in Guwahati, it has been relaxed from 9 am-6 pm.
However, the ban on internet services has been extended for 48 hours, till Monday evening.
The protests in Assam took a violent turn with agitators damaging public property by setting ablaze buses, tyres and other vehicles. The police have arrested a lot of people who are protesting against the bill. Guwahati joint commissioner of police Debraj Upadhyay told that people have been arrested in different police stations.
Currently, the death toll in anti-citizenship law protests in Assam stands at 5. Out of the five, some of them died after the police open-fired on the protestors.
26 Army columns have been deployed in Assam to help the Central Armed Police Forces to control the law&order situation in the state.
All Assam Students Union (AASU) are spearheading the protest against the act with other organizations and civil society members conducting demonstrations against the act.
Meanwhile, Assam government employees have stated that they would stop work on December 18 in protest against the act.
AASU has also called a three-day mass `satyagraha` in all district headquarters of the state on December 16.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 will grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan by proposing to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The act will provide Indian citizenship to the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India instead of the current mandatory stay of 11 years even if they do not possess any document. , members of these communities, who have come from the three neighboring nations before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution there will be granted Indian citizenship after a mandatory period of stay.
President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on Thursday, becoming an act of the constitution. The contentious bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, two days after it was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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