The Controversial Citizenship Amendment Act has been rolling out the carpet for the people across the country to unite in the same line of distancing the support for the amended act where the students and activists have been staging fierce protests against the government to scrap the amendment that determines and grants the citizenship based on religion.

The state of Tamil Nadu has become one of the strongest critics of opposing the bill as the state's opposition parties have been hosting the protests across the state. On Tuesday, the opposition party DMK had staged district-wise protests that were led by the senior leaders of the party and on Wednesday, the DMK has announced that the party would be organizing a procession in Chennai on December 23rd to enhance its voices to demand the government to abrogate the amended act.

DMK President and state's opposition leader M K Stalin had said that the party had decided to hold a parade against the Act in Chennai on December 23rd, Monday. While addressing the reporters after concluding the all-party meeting at the party's headquarters in Chennai, Stalin cited that the meeting with the allied party leaders had proposed to organize a parade to demand the abrogation of the amended act.

With the view of inducting the opposition parties in the state to the procession, the senior leaders of DMK had, on Friday, met and invited Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan. The party's organization secretary and Rajya Sabha MP RS Bharathi had directly met Haasan and extended the party's invitation to take part in the procession. The reports say that Stalin has sent the invitations to farmers' associations, film association, and teachers' and government employees' union in the state to have their presence in the procession.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has been voicing against the bill and extending his solidarity to the students of the state who have been protesting for the last few days. Kamal Haasan had met with the protesting students of Madras University and he was seen speaking with them in front of the main gate of the premises after the police had barred his entry. While addressing the reporters on Tuesday about his notion on the heating and aberrant developments, Haasan accused the ruling party of Tamil Nadu ADMK to back and to clear the bill in the Rajya Sabha by betraying the Tamils and the nation. By blaming the ADMK for dancing to the tunes of the BJP, he stated that the ruling party of the state is obedient to its masters.

His comments have come amid his party had filed a petition in the Apex court against the amendment and he further stated that, by challenging the amendment of Citizenship Bill, his party would be lifting the batons against the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He asserted that if the Central government implement NRC nation-wide, his party would spur the legal battle and the party would ensure to keep moving as far as it can go.

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