KOHIMA: The Nagaland Cabinet has rejected the citizenship bill , following pressure from various tribal organizations and students bodies.Chief minister Neiphiu Rio and chief secretary Temjen Toy , in a press release, said that taking into account the will and desire of all sections of people, the Cabinet meeting on Monday made it amply clear that the state government remains opposed and rejects the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016.The bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha earlier this month, has been an issue of concern in Nagaland and triggered protests across the northeastern region, they said. The people of the state have expressed their opposition to the bill in various forms in a democratic manner and the Cabinet discussed the bill at length on Monday, they said in the release.The Cabinet had earlier said the CAB was not applicable to the state.The National Democratic People's Party-led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government in the state had said that Nagaland enjoys protection under provisions of Article 371 (A) of the Constitution and the Inner Line Permit (ILP), according to which, any person who acquires Indian citizenship will be ineligible for acquiring property or settling down in the state.The state government from the very beginning had expressed its opposition to the bill and conveyed the same to the Centre, they said.The PDA government has also assured the people that it will leave no stone unturned to constantly protect the rights and privileges of the people, the chief minister and the chief secretary said. PTIGuwahati: Ten political parties of the northeast, most of which are members of the BJP-led North East democratic alliance (Neda), along with the saffron party's key ally in Bihar, the JD(U), on Tuesday unanimously decided to jointly oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.At a meeting of the parties, it was also decided that a delegation comprising representatives of all the outfits would meet President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise them of their opposition to the bill that sought to provide Indian citizenship to those Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsees and Christians, who fled religious persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan and entered India before December 31, 2014, after six years of residence in the country.Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, on whose initiative the meeting was called, and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga also attended the meeting.

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