Spiritualist Sri Sri Ravi Shankar commented on protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. He appealed to the people of North-East to protest peacefully. Ravi Shankar said that all issues can be resolved via dialogue. He also commented on the issue of granting citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. He had earlier tweeted an appeal to the government to give Indian citizenship to 'more than 1 lakh Tamil Sri Lankans who are living in this country as refugees for the last 35 years'.