The 11-hour Northeast bandh called by an umbrella body of students organisations of the region to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill began at 5 am on Tuesday. The North East Students Organisation (NESO), backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm. Security was beefed up in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.
In an effort to show solidarity with activists who were arrested for participating in the protest, several groups held an event at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday.
Several organisations in Assam on Sunday paid tributes to the five agitators who were killed in the anti-CAA stir two years ago, and resolved to resume the movement against the Act.