Assam: Student Unions call for 12-hour bandh against CAB

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) was passed in Lok Sabha a little past midnight on Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours. The bill seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there. But now protests are being staged in Assam. Take a look at visuals of bandh, tyres ablaze and more