Citizenship Amendment Bill: Train services affected in Assam amid protests
Normal life came to a halt on Tuesday in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley due to a statewide bandh called by two students' organizations in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill , which has received Lok Sabha's nod. The 11-hour shutdown, called by the All Assam Students' Union and the North East Students' Organisation - an apex body of student unions in the region - however, failed to evoke much impact on Bengali-dominated Barak Valley. In Maligaon area of the city, a government-run bus was pelted with stones and a scooter set on fire, sources said. Shops, markets and business establishments kept shutters down, while educational and financial institutions remained closed for the day, the official sources stated. Huge processions were taken out in different areas of Guwahati, with protesters raising slogans against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Agitators had a scuffle with security forces near the Secretariat and Assembly buil