A day before the Supreme Court will hear several petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a group of students and public residing in the capital complex staged a sit-in at the tennis court at Indira Gandhi Park here on Tuesday morning.

The protesters have decided to stage the dharna throughout the night till the time the court gives its verdict.

Over two dozen petitions have been filed against the amended citizenship law, which the Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday.

Ramdhu Bagang, one of the protesters, said, “We are hopeful that the verdict goes in favour of those protesting against the contentious act so that it is revoked.”

He said they will carry out a peaceful march from the tennis court to Raj Bhavan and submit a memorandum to the governor on Wednesday.

“Though we do not know what the Supreme Court will decide, we want to make our voices heard loud and clear and that the people of our state strongly oppose the act,” Bagang said. The protest march will be carried out to extend solidarity to Misso Nobin, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against the passing of the law, he added.

Nobin, a student of Rajiv Gandhi University, is on an indefinite hunger strike on the campus since Monday.

Another group of students also staged a protest against the law here in the afternoon.

The students shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Union minister of state for sports and youth affairs and Arunachal West MP Kiren Rijiju and demanded the act be revoked once and for all.

Agnes, one of the protesters, said, “They would not allow the Centre to let the people of Assam and the entire Northeast suffer by implementing the draconian act”.