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“It is the united opposition to the bill by the people of Mizoram and other northeastern states that resulted in the bill being blocked,” he added.Mizo Zirlai Pawl, the apex Mizo student body, felt the same. The bill sought to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The majority Mizos see the Buddhist Chakmas as “migrants”, often opposing political and social involvement of the community in matters of the state. The Mizos said the bill would “legitimise” them.Amid strident protests against the proposed amendment, NDA ally Mizo National Front (MNF), had threatened to walk out of the alliance and the MNF government had passed a resolution against the bill. Aizawl: Mizoram , where protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill saw pro-China slogans raised by demonstrators, said the fate that awaits the bill is a vindication of the people’s resistance.“Our prayers have been answered,” Vanlalruata, chairperson of the NGO Coordination Committee (a powerful umbrella body of all major civil society and student organizations in the state), said..