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JPC on Citizenship Bill to visit Assam after Nov 19: Govt

Guwahati, Nov 2 (UNI) Assam government has clarified that the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Citizenship Amendment Bill would visit the state after November 19 to hold discussion with various stakeholders.
In a clarification, the office of Commissioner and Secretary of Home and Political Affairs said that the news publised in certain section of media that "the study visit has been postponed indefinitley is not based on facts" and the panel would visit Assam after November 19 byelections.
The issue of of granting citizenship to persecuted Hindus from Bangladesh in various parts of the country including Assam, has snowballed into a huge controversy in the state with various student organisations alongwith opposition parties are opposing the move of the Narendra Modi government to amend the Citizenship Bill, 1955 to provide citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus.
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