FRESH CITIZENSHIP BILL STIR BREWS, MIZORAM ON EDGE

Security has been tightened in view of the ‘Black Day’ protests scheduled to be observed by the civil societies in Mizoram Tuesday against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, a senior police officer said. Security has been beefed up in Aizawl and over 50 big towns and villages across the state for the protest rallies to be organised under the aegis of the NGO Coordination Committee — the umbrella organisation of major civil societies and students’ bodies. NGO officials said “black day” would be observed in view of the Centre’s intention of passing the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955 during the week in the Rajya Sabha.