Punjab saw its biggest anti-Citizenship Act protest at Malerkotla with the highest number of women participants. Fourteen organisations came together to organise the protest which included the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), Punjab Students' Union-Lalkar, Punjab Lok Morcha, Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union and other such factions of both famers and students.