Ahead of the Budget session of the Parliament, the Congress on Friday staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) in Parliament premises. Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Gaurav Gogoi, Ripun Bora and several other MPs were present at the protest in front of the Gandhi Statue.

"Inprotest against attack on the constitution, we will sit and listen to thePresident's address with black bands around our arms," said MP Gaurav Gogoi. Theyshouted slogans and carried placards, reading, 'Save India', 'Save Constitution'etc.

Speakingto media, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora said, "The CAA and NRC will createdivision and hatred among the people of the country and endangers our democracyand secularism. Therefore, we have demanded that CAA be scrapped."

It maybe mentioned here that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the UnionBudget on Saturday.