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The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a key ally of the ruling BJP in northeast, has taken a u-turn on the Citizenship Act, days after supporting it in Parliament. The AGP will now move the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Act, that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to illegal non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The changes in their stand was announced by the AGP on Saturday after a key meeting of senior party leaders.

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests engulfed the northeastern states of Assam and Tripura on Thursday. Tens of thousands of protesters demanding revocation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill or CAB, cleared by Parliament on Wednesday, clashed with police and set several vehicles on fire.