The Consultative Committee on Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) set up by the Arunachal Pradesh Government on Monday held an all-party meeting that vowed to protect the rights of the state's indigenous people.
Held under the chairmanship of Home Minister Bamang Felix, the meeting was attended by representatives of six political parties - the BJP, Congress, NPP, JD(U), PPA and the JD(S), besides all members of the committee, an official release said here.
The parties pledged to protect the indigenous people's rights and shared their opinions on the CAB while Felix requested them to submit their views in writing to the member secretary of the consultative committee at the earliest.
The nine-member panel would meet community based organisations and students' unions on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, the home minister said.
Felix said the views offered by various stakeholders would be taken into consideration before finalising the committee's recommendations to be submitted to the state government, the release said.
The recommendations will be based on the provisions of the Constitution and various laws and rules that protect the interests of indigenous people of the State.