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The bill threatens the very existence of the indigenous people of the northeast in general and Manipur in particular, the protesters said. Representatives of BJP, AAP, Shiv Sena, NPF, Trinamool Congress, NEIDP, PDA, LJP, MNDF, MPC and NPP attended the meeting. They also submitted a memorandum to Rajnath, sources said.Biren, while highlighting the growing protests, urged the home minister to insert a clause in the bill to safeguard the indigenous people of the region. Imphal: As protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill continue across Manipur, Union home minister Rajnath Singh has said that the proposed legislation will not affect the northeastern states, especially Manipur.Rajnath said this during his meeting with a delegation of representatives of several political parties led by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh in New Delhi on Thursday. The participants of the convention unanimously agreed to condemn the “unconstitutional and undemocratic” way in which the bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha , despite protests across the northeast..