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The two-month-old baby died on way to the hospital in Tripura as protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, choked roads leading to the hospital, reports News 18
Large parts of the northeast on Tuesday simmered with protests by students’ unions and Left-democratic organisations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
An ailing two-month-old baby died at Bishramganj in Sepahijala district while being taken to a hospital as agitators had blocked vehicular traffic, police said.
The bandh threw normal life out of gear in Dhalai, West Tripura and Khowai districts with residents remaining indoors while attendance in offices was thin.
Train services in the entire state came to a halt and vehicular movement was affected.
Educational institutions, banks, commercial establishments and markets were closed while public and private vehicles were off the roads in most places in Arunachal Pradesh in response to the strike called by the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU).
Attendance in government offices was almost nil during the bandh which began at 5 am, officials said. The shutdown called by the All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) from 3 am to 6 pm elicited overwhelming response, and the organisation has warned it would intensify the agitation if the bill was not immediately withdrawn.
A day before the divisive legislation, passed by the Lok Sabha, is tabled in the Upper House, normal life was paralysed in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown that was led by the All Assam Students’ Union and the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO).
Several Left-leaning organisations, including the SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF and AISA had also called a shutdown separately. Huge processions were taken out in different areas of Guwahati, with protesters raising slogans against the emotive legislation.
Large parts of the northeast on Tuesday simmered with two-month-old baby dead on way to hospital.
A day before the divisive legislation, passed by the Lok Sabha, is tabled in the Upper House, normal life was paralysed in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown that was led by the All Assam Students’ Union and the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO).
Several Left-leaning organisations, including the SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF and AISA had also called a shutdown separately. Huge processions were taken out in different areas of Guwahati, with protesters raising slogans against the emotive legislation.