Cut The Clutter: Why Assam & the Northeast are angry over CAB: when ‘outsider’ isn’t necessarily only the Muslim | ep 339

The Northeastern states are witnessing massive protests over Citizenship Amendment Bill. Assam hasn’t seen such unrest for nearly 3 decades. Even though many states and regions of North East are protected by Inner Line Permit and Sixth Schedule, the indigenous population is angered with the provisions under the contentious bill. In this episode 339 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the origin of these fears, why the heartland Hindu-Muslim binary doesn’t work in North-East.