TN: DMK youth wing president Udhayanidhi protest against CAB

DMK youth wing president and party chief MK Stalin's son Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday led a protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

DMK youth wing president and party chief MK Stalin's son Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday led a protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The protestors were seen holding a placard that read, "Historic Shame! Tear off central government's CAB" and raised slogans against the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The CAB smoothly sailed through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Wednesday. As many as 125 members of the Upper House voted in favor while 105 MPs voted against the Bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha earlier this week. According to the Act, members of the Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Zoroastrian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh till December 31, 2014, and were facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants and granted Indian citizenship.

The passage of CAB has triggered widespread protests in the North-East, especially in Assam, where curfew has been imposed in some areas. (ANI)