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The protesters, under the banner of All Assam Kobi Sanmilan, staged their stir by reciting poems against the bill. Many of us will stage a hunger strike during the festival, evading feasting and celebrations, to show our commitment towards the anti-bill movement,” he added.KMSS Dibrugarh district president Pradip Haloi said, “We will also join in the 24-hour hunger strike from the afternoon of January 14 in protest against the citizenship bill. We have appealed to the people of Assam to make this year’s Magh Bihu festivity a part of the ongoing movement to save the indigenous tribes and communities of the state. DIBRUGARH/GUWAHATI: RTI activist Akhil Gogoi, one of three speakers at an anti-bill rally slapped with a sedition case, on Saturday said the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will continue even during Magh Bihu, a festival of feasting. When the future of our people and motherland is at stake, there is no point in holding celebrations..