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Another BJP ally, Shiv Sena, also said it would back AGP and oppose the bill in Parliament. JD-U latest BJP partner to oppose citizenship billBJP ally Janata Dal (United) on Saturday threw its weight behind protesters against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, arguing that the proposed legislation would threaten the cultural and linguistic identity of the indigenous people of Assam. "If the citizenship bill is passed, it would nullify the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), which is currently under way in Assam," JD (U) national secretary Sanjay Verma said in a statement issued on Saturday. In Assam, AGP had threatened to walk out of the ruling coalition if the bill were to be passed in Parliament. The bill, introduced by the BJP-led government at the Centre, proposes citizenship for religious minorities - effectively, all non-Muslim immigrants - from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan..