Citizenship law internal matter; India safe haven for persecuted minorities: Maldives' speaker
5 years ago

Citizenship law internal matter; India safe haven for persecuted minorities: Maldives' speaker

India TV News  

The amended Citizenship Act is an internal matter of India, Maldives' Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed said on Friday while noting that the country has always been a safe haven for persecuted minorities. Giving his own example, Nasheed said the Indian high commission gave him refuge at a time when he was going to be arrested by Maldives' former president Abdulla Yameen. Nasheed said the amended Citizenship Act is an internal matter of India. The former president of Maldives, who is leading a parliamentary delegation to India, raised three key issues plaguing the island nation - the Islamic State, debt trap of China and the climate crisis.

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Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
9 months ago

Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

The Hindu  

Offering citizenship to migrants who have fled their countries of origin because of persecution and have stayed a sufficient time in their adopted country, is a humane endeavour by any nation-state and should be generally welcomed. But by limiting this measure only to migrants from an arbitrary group of neighbouring nations and to narrow the definition only to “religious persecution”, …

A Move in The Right Direction: CAA Is against Persecutors, Not Muslims - News18
9 months, 1 week ago

A Move in The Right Direction: CAA Is against Persecutors, Not Muslims - News18

News 18  

The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 was given wings by the Government of India by notifying the Citizenship Rules 2024, on 12 March 2024. A large number of minority people, who had over the period entered India due to disturbances/religious persecutions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, had been living in this country for the past many years devoid of basic rights. …

Uncovering the origins of CAA and its implications for India
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Uncovering the origins of CAA and its implications for India

Hindustan Times  

On March 11, the Government of India formally notified the rules implementing the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act. The notification of the CAA rules—on the eve of India’s 2024 general election—has kicked off a fresh debate over the law, its implementing provisions, and the resulting implications for the future of secularism in India The notification of the CAA rules—on the eve …

Legally Speaking | What is India’s stand towards refugees?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Legally Speaking | What is India’s stand towards refugees?

Hindustan Times  

At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, India awoke not only to life and freedom but also to the mass exodus of people from and to what was then East and West Pakistan. Three years later, in December 2014, the SOP was modified to create four categories of Pakistani/Bangladeshi/Afghanistani nationals who could be granted long-term visas — Minority …

'Too little, too late': Sadhguru on CAA at India Today Conclave 2024
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Too little, too late': Sadhguru on CAA at India Today Conclave 2024

India Today  

Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, speaking at India Today Conclave 2024, welcomed the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, but added that it was "coming too late". A vocal proponent of the controversial piece of legislation when it was introduced four years ago, Sadhguru panned the delay in enacting CAA, describing it as "too little compassion coming too late". While …

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Students in Guwahati, India, protest against implementation of a controversial citizenship law widely criticized for excluding Muslims. India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. Critics argue that the law is further evidence that Modi’s government is trying to reshape the …

Fact Check Pakistan Has Not Implemented Citizenship Amendment Act For Indian Muslims
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact Check Pakistan Has Not Implemented Citizenship Amendment Act For Indian Muslims

ABP News  

Logically Facts contacted two Pakistani journalists who confirmed that the viral claim on social media is 'totally wrong' and has 'no basis.' Amid discussions around this law, a screenshot purportedly from an X post by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has gone viral on social media. The text in the screenshot reads: “To counter Indian Govt's undemocratic and communal CAA, …

CAA implemented in India: Myths and realities linked with Citizenship Amendment Act
9 months, 4 weeks ago

CAA implemented in India: Myths and realities linked with Citizenship Amendment Act

India TV News  

The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship Act 2019 were notified on March 11, four years after being passed, thus paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, according to officials. Stoutly defending CAA-2019 in the face of fresh opposition criticism, Shah accused AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and …

MHA says CAA doesn’t impact Indian Muslims, they enjoy equal rights like Hindus
9 months, 4 weeks ago

MHA says CAA doesn’t impact Indian Muslims, they enjoy equal rights like Hindus

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of home affairs on Tuesday sought to allay fears among the Muslim community about the Citizenship Amendment Act saying the law doesn’t impact them as they enjoy equal rights like their Hindu counterparts and that no Indian citizens would be asked to produce any document to prove his or her nationality. No Indian citizen would be asked to …

'Indian Muslims need not worry': Centre allays fear on CAA
9 months, 4 weeks ago

'Indian Muslims need not worry': Centre allays fear on CAA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Indian Muslims shouldn't worry about the Citizenship Amendment Act as it cannot take away their citizenship, the Central government said in a statement on Tuesday, in an attempt to allay fear about the law. The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement that 18 crore Indian Muslims have equal rights like their Hindu counterparts and no citizen …

What is the Citizenship Amendment Act in India and why is it controversial?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

What is the Citizenship Amendment Act in India and why is it controversial?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India has implemented a controversial …

India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. Critics argue that the law is further evidence that Modi’s government is trying to reshape the country into a Hindu state and marginalize Muslims. It also amends the old law, which prevents illegal …

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. It also amends the old law, which prevents illegal migrants from becoming Indian citizens, and marks the first time that India — an officially secular state with a religiously diverse …

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules explained: Check eligibility, procedure, language clause details
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules explained: Check eligibility, procedure, language clause details

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Act, 2019, paving the way for the implementation of the law. "The application from a person for grant of citizenship by naturalisation fulfilling the qualifications for naturalisation under the provisions of the Third Schedule, is submitted in Form VIIIA which includes – an affidavit verifying the correctness …

India notifies citizenship law for minority refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India notifies citizenship law for minority refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently got the president’s assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it The Prime Minister Modi-led BJP government on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment Act rules. The Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, said, “Ministry of Home Affairs will be notifying today, …

India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announces rules to implement the controversial law, weeks before he seeks a rare third term in vote due by May. The Indian government has announced rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The controversial law passed in 2019 by …

India's boycott impacted country, people of Maldives are sorry: Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed
10 months ago

India's boycott impacted country, people of Maldives are sorry: Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed

India TV News  

New Delhi: Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed raised several concerns over India's boycott call on the Maldives over a diplomatic row between the two countries, saying it has impacted the island country's tourism sector and conveyed apologies on behalf of the people of Maldives. Relations between India and the Maldives have nosedived after current President Mohamed Muizzu, widely seen as …

Asaduddin Owaisi reacts to CAA rules report, says 'grave injustice, especially to Muslims...'
1 year ago

Asaduddin Owaisi reacts to CAA rules report, says 'grave injustice, especially to Muslims...'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to a report saying the Citizenship Act's rules would be notified before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, AIMIM chief Asadduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday that it will be a grave injustice to the marginalised communities, especially Muslims. CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury claimed the Centre was attempting to foment communal polarization ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. …

Explained: How India grants citizenship to minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How India grants citizenship to minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Matters related to citizenship are handled by the Centre but it can delegate powers to state officials. Now the Ministry of Home Affairs has empowered two districts in Gujarat to give citizenship to minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan under the Citizenship Act, 1955 The Centre will continue to grant citizenship to six minority communities – Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, …

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi heard the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 on Monday. During the hearing, Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party sought reply from the Centre on the applicability of the 2019 Act on the Hindu Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recently, …

IUML moves Supreme Court against Centre seeking applications for citizenship of non-Muslim refugees
3 years, 7 months ago

IUML moves Supreme Court against Centre seeking applications for citizenship of non-Muslim refugees

India Today  

The Indian Union Muslim League has moved the Supreme Court challenging the recent Ministry of Home Affairs notification seeking applications for citizenship from non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. IUML has moved the Supreme Court against the Centre’s notification making it possible for persons residing in certain districts belonging to minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains …

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
4 years ago

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Hindu and Sikh refugees in India still wait for nationality a year after a controversial citizenship law was passed. Last December, India’s Hindu nationalist government amended the country’s citizenship law to expedite nationality for persecuted immigrants – except Muslims – from three neighbouring countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. A Sikh refugee, Surbeer, 33, is among some 31,313 eligible refugees in …

Indian-American wants Citizenship Act to be named as refugee act
4 years, 10 months ago

Indian-American wants Citizenship Act to be named as refugee act

India TV News  

A prominent Indian-American has suggested renaming the CAA as the Neighbour Persecuted Religious Minority Refugee Act, saying it would establish a right perception difficult to challenge. The remarks of Khanderao Kand, director of non-profit organisation Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, came in the wake of widespread protests held across India against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The CAA should …

Framers put forth a plural, secular basis for citizenship
4 years, 11 months ago

Framers put forth a plural, secular basis for citizenship

Hindustan Times  

The way a country defines who its citizens can be, defines what the country is. For instance, in 1986, on account of apprehension that certain persons who were foreigners, were giving birth to their child in India, solely for the purpose that the child acquires Indian citizenship by birth, an amendment was made that applied prospectively so that all those …

AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship
4 years, 11 months ago

AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country’s citizenship law. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu nationalist-led government pushed through a bill to give citizenship rights to some migrants who while fleeing religious persecution entered India illegally from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on or before Dec. 31, 2014. LOCALS …

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into effect from Jan. 10
4 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into effect from Jan. 10

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification on Friday that the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 2019 will come into force from January 10 onwards. The CAA passed by Parliament on December 11 provides citizenship to six undocumented non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31, 2014. “In exercise of the powers …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Pinarayi Vijayan assails attempt to ‘racially purify Hindustan’
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Pinarayi Vijayan assails attempt to ‘racially purify Hindustan’

The Hindu  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday assailed the RSS, the BJP’s ideological mentor, for seeking to “racially purify Hindustan” by introducing prejudicial laws aimed at incrementally ridding the country of religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities or reducing such groups to subaltern status. Speaking in the Assembly on the resolution seeking scrapping of the Centre’s amended citizenship law, Mr. Vijayan …

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi

India TV News  

Amid various protests taking place in the country on Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, Pakistani Hindu refugees in Jaisalmer held a march in support of CAA on Monday. Speaking in the favour of CAA, a refugee said, "we have been staying here since last 5-7 years and we are yet to get citizenship. A woman refugee thanked Prime Minister Narendra …

Does Citizenship Amendment Act affect the legal status of Muslims in India? A lawyer argues that it does
5 years ago

Does Citizenship Amendment Act affect the legal status of Muslims in India? A lawyer argues that it does

Firstpost  

The amendment made to the Citizenship Act, 1955 by the Government of India is being hotly debated across all fora. The CAA aims to provide fast track Indian citizenship to illegal migrants belonging to Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Sikh and Parsi religion who came to India from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh before 31 December 2014. Next, the CAA provides no …

India rejects Malaysia PM's remarks over Citizenship Act
5 years ago

India rejects Malaysia PM's remarks over Citizenship Act

India Today  

India on Friday rejected the comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the Citizenship Amendment Act as "factually inaccurate". The Malaysian Prime Minister had criticised India's new citizenship law while speaking on the sidelines of the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 on Friday. We call upon Malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in India, especially without a …

‘People dying’: Malaysia’s Mahathir slams India’s citizenship law
5 years ago

‘People dying’: Malaysia’s Mahathir slams India’s citizenship law

Al Jazeera  

Amid protests in India, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad questions ‘necessity’ of new citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticised India’s new citizenship law, which is seen as discriminatory against Muslims and has sparked deadly protests across the South Asian country. #KLSummit2019: #Malaysia PM Mahathir questions India's new citizenship law, which is seen as anti-Muslim “People …

An Islamophobic citizenship bill has sparked a major backlash in India.
5 years ago

An Islamophobic citizenship bill has sparked a major backlash in India.

Slate  

The most significant—and horrifying—accomplishment of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five years in power has been the mass normalization and institutionalization of Islamophobia on a level hitherto unseen. Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah claim the intention of the bill is not to target Muslims, despite the fact that the law will exclude many currently residing Muslim residents from the …

CAA violates international customary law. Review it
5 years ago

CAA violates international customary law. Review it

Hindustan Times  

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, aims to give Indian nationality to non-Muslim “illegal migrants” from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who came to India before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution, and who enjoy the benefit of waiver of Foreigners Act and Passports Act. The CAA makes India’s violation of the non-refoulement principle manifest Since the CAA deals with persecuted …

Cancelled visits, call for sanctions: International fallout of Citizenship Act
5 years ago

Cancelled visits, call for sanctions: International fallout of Citizenship Act

India Today  

The fallout of India's Citizenship Amendment Act, a controversial new law dealing with naturalisation of illegal immigrants which critics say is anti-Muslim, isn't limited to angry protests at home. The targeted beneficiaries of the Citizenship Amendment Act are those living in India illegally and belonging to six minority communities -- Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian -- from Bangladesh, …

MHA clarifies on citizenship to migrants from three nations
5 years ago

MHA clarifies on citizenship to migrants from three nations

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said no migrant from the six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh “will become Indian citizen automatically.” A migrant should apply online and the competent authority would see whether he or she fulfiled all the qualifications for registration or naturalisation as Indian citizen, a senior MHA official said. It only provides a …

What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
5 years ago

What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law

Al Jazeera  

Ruling Hindu nationalist government pushes for the law, which opposition says violates India’s secular constitution. New Delhi, India – India has passed a law that grants citizenship to religious minorities – except Muslims – from neighbouring countries, with legal experts saying it violates the country’s secular constitution. The new citizenship law, which was an amendment to a 1955 legislation, allows …

What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
5 years ago

What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law

Al Jazeera  

Ruling Hindu nationalist government pushes for the law, which opposition says violates India’s secular constitution. New Delhi, India – India has passed a law that grants citizenship to religious minorities – except Muslims – from neighbouring countries, with legal experts saying it violates the country’s secular constitution. The new citizenship law, which was an amendment to a 1955 legislation, allows …

Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed cites his own example, says India is a safe haven for minorities, CAB internal matter: Read details
5 years ago

Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed cites his own example, says India is a safe haven for minorities, CAB internal matter: Read details

Op India  

On Friday, Maldives’ Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed said that India has always been a safe haven for persecuted minorities and the Citizenship Amendment Bill was an internal matter of India. Read: Understanding Assam protests: Here is how it emphasizes the necessity of NRC, and CAB is not to be blamed for the mess Mohamed Nasheed of Maldives also reiterated that …

Kamal Nath says Citizenship Act amended to divert attention from economic slowdown, accuses Centre of practising ‘politics of distraction’
5 years ago

Kamal Nath says Citizenship Act amended to divert attention from economic slowdown, accuses Centre of practising ‘politics of distraction’

Firstpost  

Addressing newspersons at the Indian Women’s Press Club, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said he was most worried about the future of Indian youths New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday accused the Union government of practising “politics of distractions” and said the Citizenship Act was amended to divert people’s attention from the country’s economic slowdown. …

Citizenship Amendment Act is misunderstood; it gives persecuted minorities Indian citizenship, doesn't seek to expel Muslims
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act is misunderstood; it gives persecuted minorities Indian citizenship, doesn't seek to expel Muslims

Firstpost  

“The desperation at grossly misrepresenting CAB reveals the frustration that an average Indian Muslim can no longer be blinded to a narrative” Asia Bibi, a Christian Pakistani, was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by a lower court in Pakistan, upheld by the Lahore High Court. The Citizenship Amendment Act is India’s effort at giving these minorities who managed …

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes a Law from December 12
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes a Law from December 12

Op India  

The Citizenship Bill, 2019 has now become an act of law after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the historic legislation on Thursday. The Citizenship Amendment act seeks to give Indian citizenship to the members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from three neighbouring Islamic countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh after …

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Bangladesh faults India
5 years ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Bangladesh faults India

The Hindu  

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the Citizenship Bill could weaken India’s historic character as a secular nation and rejected the allegations that the minorities were facing religious persecution in his country. “India is historically a tolerant country which believes in secularism their historic position will be weakened if they deviate from that,” Mr. Momen told reporters. …

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Legalise business, marriage, children of refugees
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Legalise business, marriage, children of refugees

Op India  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the upper house of the parliament today. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah first took the opportunity to rubbished the rumours doing the rounds about the Muslim population of the country being adversely affected by the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Read: Citizenship Amendment Bill – Myths …

Citizenship Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday tabled the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the Rajya Sabha, two days after the Lok Sabha passed the controversial bill. On Monday, the Lok Sabha passed the controversial Bill with Shah reiterating that the Bill does not discriminate against Muslims even as the Lower House saw a fierce debate on the …

India hits back after US panel USCIRF slams Citzenship Amendment Bill: Neither accurate nor warranted
5 years, 1 month ago

India hits back after US panel USCIRF slams Citzenship Amendment Bill: Neither accurate nor warranted

India Today  

India says the US panel USCIRF's statement condemning a controversial bill on citizenship, now pending approval by the Rajya Sabha, is "neither accurate nor warranted". The United States Commission on Interational Religious Freedom described the legislation as "a dangerous turn in the wrong direction", and said it was "deeply troubled" by its passage in the Lok Sabha. "If the CAB …

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Shiv Sena wants no voting rights for persecuted Hindus
5 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Shiv Sena wants no voting rights for persecuted Hindus

Op India  

The Citizenship Amendment Bill set to be tabled today aims to give citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut took to Twitter today to say that illegal intruders should be thrown out and immigrant Hindus should be given citizenship but they should not have voting rights since that would …

Will provide citizenship to persecuted minorities: Rajnath Singh
5 years, 1 month ago

Will provide citizenship to persecuted minorities: Rajnath Singh

India Today  

The Citizenship Bill is for those people whose roots are in India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told India Today TV in an exclusive interview. On allegations that CAB is exclusionary to Muslims, Rajnath Singh said, "The Citizenship Bill is being brought for those people whose roots are in India but stay or stayed on in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Speaking …

'India has right to amend sovereign laws': Maldives on abrogation of Article 370
5 years, 5 months ago

'India has right to amend sovereign laws': Maldives on abrogation of Article 370

Op India  

The Modi government took a bold step recently. Led by Home Minister Amit Shah in the parliament, the Modi government introduced a bill to do away with the provisions of Article 370 that gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status. The Modi government also bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir and turned J&K and Ladakh into two separate Union Territories. Statement by …

Against the India Idea
5 years, 10 months ago

Against the India Idea

Firstpost  

The fact that majority of the people in the northeastern states came out vehemently against the Citizenship Bill 2019, is a strong indication that they saw through the ulterior design of the religion-based legislature The Citizenship Act of 1955, stipulates that in order to get Indian citizenship by naturalisation one must have resided in India for eleven of the previous …

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