Joint Committee of Parliament members to visit Silchar; will take questions, hear suggestions on Citizenship Bill

The Cachar district administration has issued a Press Release which states that a joint committee of parliament members will visit Silchar on May 8, 2018 and will stay till May 9, 2018. The committee is visiting Silchar in relation to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 and will take questions, hear suggestions from interested NGOs, Societies or persons. The committee will address the select gathering on May 8 from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM and on May 9 from 9:00 AM to 12 noon at conference hall of NIT Silchar.

The district administration has requested the NGOs/Organisations/Persons interested to attend the addressal or provide suggestions to submit their details in writing to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office on or before 4:00 PM May 4, 2019. DC offices in Hailakandi and Karimganj will also accept the written letter, if submitted before the mentioned deadline. Deputy Commissioner S Lakshmanan urged people of Barak Valley to to express their valuable opinions and suggestion in front of the committee in a well disciplined and organised manner.

On July 19 2016, the Lok Sabha introduced the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 that seeks to allow illegal migrants from certain minority communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible for Indian citizenship. But the Citizenship Amendment Bill has not been accepted well in Assam as it contradicts the Assam Accord of 1985, which clearly states that illegal migrants heading in from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971, would be deported.