In Assam, almost all major parties met the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 at Silchar in the state's Barak valley.

The 16-member committee, which is headed by Lok Sabha member Rajendra Agarwal, arrived from Guwahati for a hearing organised for three districts - Karimgang, Hailakandi and Cachar at the National Institute of Technology in Silchar.

Sources said, altogether 357 organisations had sought permission to meet the JPC from the three districts.

The added that that the Committee incorporated the opinions of organizations and individuals on the Citizenship Bill.

A human chain was formed by a large number of people who held placards expressing their support for the Bill.

The organizations and individuals who did not register their names earlier, were also heard and their memoranda received by the committee.

The committee incorporated the opinions of organizations and individuals in favour of and against the Citizenship Bill.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in July, 2016, to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, to make illegal migrants from six religious communities - Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains and Christians -- from select neighbouring countries eligible for Indian citizenship.