Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma revealed that just eight people had applied for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state, four months after its rules were notified. He criticized anti-CAA leaders for falsely alarming the public about potential mass citizenship grants to illegal immigrants, amidst Assam’s historical sensitivities on outsider issues and the fatal 2019 anti-CAA protests.
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