Citizenship Amendment Bill protest: Ground report

Get a sense of what's happening in north-east with this ground report. Our three reporters from Manipur, Tripura and Kolkata show viewers the ground reality.

A controversial draft law on refugee naturalisation has been the wellspring of angry protests in Assam and Tripura, both states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has succeeding in pushing the legislation through Parliament. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill offers a path to citizenship for non-Muslim illegal immigrants who faced religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh. The specific concern in the Northeast is the preservation of indigeneity.