Local organisations in Assam stage fresh demonstrations against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Civil society outfits and indigenous organisations fear that CAA would push more immigrants into the state, thereby creating a demographic imbalance.
Delivering another jolt to the Congress after the exit of leaders like former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and senior leader Milind Deora, the party's Assam working president has quit and is likely to join the BJP.