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The committee said there would be catastrophic consequences for the indigenous communities of the state if the bill is passed in Parliament. "Meanwhile, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad are leading a 60-organization coordination committee that has thrown an open challenge to Sonowal to come forward and have an open debate on the citizenship bill. The Centre has failed to protect the indigenous people of Assam from illegal influx. GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students' Union ( Aasu ) and 28 ethnic organizations have announced a fresh series of agitation programmes against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 from November 8.The bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2016, seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to provide citizenship to illegal migrants, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who are of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian origin. The porous India-Bangladesh border has not been sealed fully and illegal migrants have not been deported as was promised by the BJP before it came to power..