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Joint Committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to visit Assam on Nov 2-3

| | Oct 27, 2016, at 01:15 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS) : The Joint Committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 will be in Assam on a two day visit on Nov 2-3.

The visit is in response to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s request to the Chairman of the Committee Satyapal Singh during his last visit to New Delhi.        

The Joint Committee will take haring on the views of various organisations and stakeholders  regarding the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 on Nov 2 from 2 PM to 6 PM and Nov 3 from 9 AM to 12 noon at Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara.

Interested organizations, stakeholders may place their views before the committee on the respective time and dates.   

Three Nodal Officers of the Government have been designated for the coordination with the interested parties.

Diganta Borah, IPS, DIG (Security), Assam bearing contact number 9435528880, 8811080787 and e-mail digantabarah@gmail.com, P.K. Bhagawati, ACS, Joint Secretary, Home and Political, Govt of Assam, mobile No. 9435024610 and e-mail: pradipkbhagawati@gmail.com and Bishnu Kamal Borah ACS, Joint Secretary, Home and Political, Govt of Assam, and e-mail id bkborah2016@gmail.com can be contacted till 8 PM of Oct 31, 2016 to facilitate time slots for the hearing.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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