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Members of the Joint Movement Against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (JMACAB) failed to meet union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, even after staying for ten days in the national capital. “We stayed in New Delhi for 10 days and hope to meet Amit Shah and speak to him regarding CAA, however, the union minister did not meet us,” said JMACAB leader Jagadish Debbarma while talking to Northeast Now. “On December 12, 2019, we had a meeting with Amit Shah regarding CAA. In that meeting, we urged Shah not to implement CAA in Northeast including Tripura,” Debbarman said. “The CM on January 8 assured us that Amit Shah will meet us and accordingly we went to New Delhi again on January 9, but the home minister did not meet us,” Debbarman said..