After Covid hiatus, Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests begin in Assam SECTIONS Share Synopsis Assam had witnessed heavy protests last year when CAA, aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible to apply for Indian citizenship, was passed by Parliament. Five people were killed in the protests in Assam. Agencies Assam had witnessed heavy protests last year when CAA, aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible to apply for Indian citizenship, was passed by Parliament. Guwahati: Black flags marking the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests have started reappearing in Assam after a nine-month Covid-induced hiatus with students’ groupings in the North East observing Friday as a Black Day.