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Who Is Sharjeel Imam and Why He Is Charge With Sedition . A short clip from an over 40-minute-long speech by Sharjeel Imam. According to Sharjeel Imam “...if we can organise five lakh people, we will be able to permanently cut off Assam from India. If not permanently, then at least for a month or two... Create ruckus on railway tracks and roads so that it takes them (the government) at least a month to clear things on the ground. It is our responsibility to isolate Assam. They (government) will hear us only if we cut off Assam and India.”  Education of Sharjeel imam Sharjeel is a Ph.D. student at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for Historical studies. he is an alumnus of IIT-Bombay, from where he completed his B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science. He also did his M.A. in Modern History and M.Phil in Modern Indian History from JNU. Sharjeel has frequently switched between studies and jobs. At present, he is pursuing Ph.D. in Modern Indian History from JNU. Ch...

Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019: What is it and why is it seen as a problem. The act seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrants for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who have lived in India without documentation. Protests have broken out across India, a few of them violent, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. The Act seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrant for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who have lived in India without documentation. They will be granted fast track Indian citizenship in six years. So far 12 years of residence has been the standard eligibility requirement for naturalisation. At the first hearing on petitions challenging the CAA, the Supreme Court declined to stay the contentious law but asked the Centre to file its reply against the petitions that say it violates the Constitution. The petitioners say ...