AGARTALA, Dec 10 (TIWN): With demand of withdrawal of proposed Citizenship Bill, INPT has gone in massive protest by blocking National Highway and Railway. On the background of the protest, INPT President Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl raised question, whether Indian constitution talks about minorities equal rights or not. “After many protests we entered in the 6th schedule, whereas the Citizenship Bill which offers to add all Bangladeshis as Indians, will devastate the minorities and extinguish our identifies”, Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl said further adding a plea for peaceful protest movement at Khamtingbari area and other places where the road and railway blockade is being held. He also said that if police want they are ready to be arrested but what all they want that all types of intrigues to be avoided.The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), is a regional tribal party, has set up a road blockade on National Highway-8 to protest against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016.The NH 8, known as the Assam-Agartala highway, is considered to be the lifeline of Tripura, was however halted due to the protest.

The General Secretary of INPT Jagandish Debbarma said that the party held a meeting of its central working committee on November 12, and decided that the road blockade would be held before winter session of the Parliament, scheduled to begin on December 11 this year.

"We decided in that meeting that we will organise district level rallies and gatherings against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill. But the situation is compelling us to rectify and revise our decision and directly go for national highway blockade for 6 hours," Debbarma told media.

"So, we are contemplating to postpone the district-wise events for now," he said.

Speaking on the party's stand regarding revision of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Debbarma said that his party has filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking NRC revision in Tripura.

The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra is a political party in the Indian state of Tripura. INPT is led by Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl.