NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah has called upon students protesting the new citizenship law to "study" the CAA, or Citizenship (Amendment) see that "there is no provision to take away citizenship of any Indian".

Shah also told protesting students they were being misled by the opposition for their political interest and blamed the Congress, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, where Assembly elections are due next year and the Trinamool Congress in Bengal, where elections are scheduled for 2021, for engendering violence and "creating an atmosphere of violence".

"Today, I want to appeal to the students from this forum that you study the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. There is no provision to take away citizenship of anyone. Congress, AAP and TMC are misleading you and creating atmosphere of violence in the country," Amit Shah claimed.

Shah also said the CAA had been created to "give citizenship to religiously persecuted refugees".

On Sunday Mr Shah's Home Ministry moved to allay fears in the North East over an influx of Bangladeshi Hindu refugees after violent protests engulfed Assam and parts of the North East for a fourth consecutive day on Saturday.