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 about the BJP's failed attempt to form the government in Maharashtra, Rajnath Singh said, "It depends on the Governor who he wants to invite to form the government. Speaking about the BJP's shrinking footprints when it comes to the states it controls now compared to two years back, Rajnath Singh said, "It depends a lot on the state government's performance and how connected state leaders are with the masses." Even during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, many people assessed that BJP would not get a majority," Rajnath Singh said.

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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”, …

Vantage | What is CAA and why it is controversial
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Vantage | What is CAA and why it is controversial

Firstpost  

The Citizenship Amendment Act stands at the intersection of politics, law and societal values in India BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia celebrates with migrants from Pakistan after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship Act, 2019, in Jalandhar, on 12 March, 2024. The CAA mandates migrants to provide evidence of their country of origin, religion, date of …

Migrants upbeat over CAA, hope for faster Indian citizenship
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrants upbeat over CAA, hope for faster Indian citizenship

Hindustan Times  

Jayesh, born on February 18, 2015, at the Gangabai Hospital on Natkhera Road in Lucknow, is not an Indian! Despite being born in Lucknow, his father, Sunil Kumar Madan and mother Kanta, who migrated from Ghotki, Pakistan, in 2009, are yet to secure Indian citizenship for Jayesh. The rules aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including …

Madras High Court rejects plea to grant Indian citizenship to children born at Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court rejects plea to grant Indian citizenship to children born at Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024 refused to issue a general direction to the Centre to grant Indian citizenship to all children born at the special camps for Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu. He claimed to have made a representation to the National Human Rights Commission on September 17, 2022, for considering the issue of granting …

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 …

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 …

Actor Vijay calls CAA 'unacceptable', asks Tamil Nadu not to implement it
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Actor Vijay calls CAA 'unacceptable', asks Tamil Nadu not to implement it

India Today  

Tamil actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Thalapathy Vijay on Monday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government after it implemented the Citizenship Act, 2019. "It is not acceptable to implement any law like the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in an environment where all citizens of the country live with social harmony," a rough translation of his statement, …

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, …

Central government implements Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Central government implements Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The ministry of home affairs has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act's rules today, paving the way for the law's implementation across the country. I want to thank PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah for providing assistance to our brothers who have come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.They will now get citizenship". "Union Home Minister Amit Shah had …

Finally, Centre walks the talk, notifies rules for implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Finally, Centre walks the talk, notifies rules for implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday notified the rules for implementation of the controversial Citizenship Act 2019. This will now pave the way for granting Indian citizenship to undocumented migrants from minority communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, according to the notification. Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a post on ‘X’ said, “These rules will now enable minorities persecuted …

End the uncertainty: The Hindu Editorial on the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu
1 year ago

End the uncertainty: The Hindu Editorial on the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has demonstrated how the judiciary can provide succour to a person waiting for over 40 years to get Indian citizenship. In T. Ganesan vs The Government of India & Others, the Madurai Bench of the High Court, in its judgment on November 30, directed the authorities to treat the petitioner and his family as Indian citizens, …

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, …

A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils
2 years, 2 months ago

A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has now posted the 232 petitions challenging the Citizenship Act to be heard on December 6, 2022. However, the Sri Lankan civil war resulted in a spike in Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian-origin Tamils together seeking asylum in India. Over the next 40 years, the legal destiny of Indian-origin Tamils has been largely intertwined with …

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, …

Persecuted Hindu Tamils from Sri Lanka could obtain Indian citizenship under CAA: Madras HC
2 years, 2 months ago

Persecuted Hindu Tamils from Sri Lanka could obtain Indian citizenship under CAA: Madras HC

Op India  

On Sunday, October 16, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court observed that the principles of the 2019 Citizenship Act could be applied to Hindu Tamils who were forced to abandon Sri Lanka. The single-judge bench of Justice GR Swaminathan held that although Sri Lanka is not covered under CAA, the Hindu Tamils in the Island country could obtain …

Citizenship Amendment Act will not help us: Bangladesh Hindu leader
2 years, 7 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will not help us: Bangladesh Hindu leader

The Hindu  

A leading member of the Hindu community of Bangladesh has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act of India will not help them deal with the challenges ahead. Interacting with a visiting team of Indian journalists on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Monindra Kumar Nath, President, Mohanagar Sarbojoneen Puja Committee said that the community’s real aim is to have a minority affairs …

CAA, NRC won’t affect India’s Muslims: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
3 years, 5 months ago

CAA, NRC won’t affect India’s Muslims: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

The Hindu  

The Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens would not harm India’s Muslims, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said at a book launch function in Guwahati on Wednesday. Mr. Bhagwat said, “Not a single Indian Muslim will face any loss due to the new citizenship Act. ‘India welcomes outsiders’ Indians had always welcomed outsiders but the “designs by some …

India ramps up engagement for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka
3 years, 6 months ago

India ramps up engagement for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday held two interesting meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the importance that New Delhi places on issues such as negotiated devolution of powers for Sri Lankan Tamils and their aspirations for equality, justice, and peace. The citizenship of Sri Lankan refugees in the state, a permanent solution to the fishermen's issue, …

Citizenship (Amendment) Act: The law sans rules?
4 years, 5 months ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Act: The law sans rules?

India Today  

In a Republic based on the rule of law, some laws do not have rules. An RTI application has revealed that the controversial Citizenship Act is now law but the parliamentary panel tasked with scrutinising the rules of the Act hasn’t got them from the Union Home Ministry. According to norms, the home ministry should frame rules and send it …

Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi counters CM Ashok Gehlot on CAA, says Citizenship 'is subject of Centre and not state'
4 years, 11 months ago

Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi counters CM Ashok Gehlot on CAA, says Citizenship 'is subject of Centre and not state'

Firstpost  

The CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and if they entered India on or before 31 December, 2014. Udaipur : Contradicting Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi has said that the Government of India has passed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the state government …

Fifty years on, Citizenship Amendment Act brings new fears to Tamils repatriated from Sri Lanka
4 years, 11 months ago

Fifty years on, Citizenship Amendment Act brings new fears to Tamils repatriated from Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Valliyammal M., who was repatriated to India from Sri Lanka more than four decades ago, has been living in the same house in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu that the government built for her and her husband then. Subsequently, another 87,000 people whose applications for Sri Lankan citizenship were rejected also applied for Indian citizenship, pulling up the total …

What exactly do CAA provisions say?
4 years, 11 months ago

What exactly do CAA provisions say?

India TV News  

The Citizenship Amendment Act aims to fast-track citizenship for six persecuted minority communities -- Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians -- who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014 from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The contentious law, an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, came into force on January 10 when the Ministry of Home Affairs …

I favour return of Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka, says former CM of Sri Lanka's Northern Province
4 years, 11 months ago

I favour return of Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka, says former CM of Sri Lanka's Northern Province

The Hindu  

The former Chief Minister of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, C.V. Wigneswaran, on Monday asserted that he was for the return of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Tamil Nadu and other parts of India to home soil. When asked whether his recent call for the granting of dual citizenship to the refugees marked any nuanced shift in position …

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 …

Why India’s citizenship law crosses the line (opinion)
5 years ago

Why India’s citizenship law crosses the line (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Akanksha Singh is a journalist based in Mumbai, India. CNN — Across India, people are protesting the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, after the bill was passed in both the country’s upper and lower houses of Parliament. The CAA grants fast-tracked citizenship to undocumented migrants from the “Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, …

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA
5 years ago

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA

Firstpost  

After the BJD lent support in the Parliament to the Citizenship Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the party doesn’t support NRC. Following the President’s assent to CAA, migrants went on an overdrive to procure as many documents possible to prove their domicile status Shabir Hossain, 39, has his tasks cut out for the day. However, after the …

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese

Firstpost  

When the Act says that the persecuted minorities will be given citizenship, it makes one wonder how the level of persecution would be measured. The Assam Accord, signed on 15 August 1985, included the promise by the Central government that it would ensure “constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards…to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of …

Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019: All You Need to Know
5 years ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019: All You Need to Know

The Quint  

The main objection of those protesting the Act is that the law is against the Constitution, since it seeks to grant citizenship on the basis of religion. With the government announcing its plans to implement a nationwide NRC, those protesting argue that CAA could possibly exclude Indian Muslims from citizenship. However, the government has argued that the Citizenship Amendment Act …

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, the nowhere people
5 years ago

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, the nowhere people

The Hindu  

Defying logic, two communities of SriLankan Tamils have been left out of the ambit of the Citizenship Bill : the plantation Tamils, who have roots in India and were forcibly relocated to Sri Lanka by the British as indentured labourers, and the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in India. The Sri Lankan Tamils in refugee camps tick one more box; …

Citizenship Amendment Act: No threat to any Indian Muslim or any other citizen, says Naqvi
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: No threat to any Indian Muslim or any other citizen, says Naqvi

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said there was no “question mark” on or threat to citizenship of any Indian Muslim or any other citizen due to the Citizenship Amendment Act recently cleared by Parliament. “The CAA is to provide citizenship and not to take away citizenship of any person,” he said at an event to …

'Makkal Needhi Maiam', 'United Against Hate' Move SC Against Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 [Read Petitions]
5 years ago

'Makkal Needhi Maiam', 'United Against Hate' Move SC Against Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 [Read Petitions]

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed by Makkal Needhi Maiam, a political party in Tamil Nadu against the Citizenship Act, 2019. While saying that the Act includes only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Chrisitians who has faced religious persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the petitioner also mentioned the case of State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar, to …

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 …

Across India, opposition builds against citizenship law
5 years ago

Across India, opposition builds against citizenship law

LA Times  

Students from Jamia Millia Islamia University take part in a protest in New Delhi on Monday. The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was approved by Parliament last week, has sparked protests across India. Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Those indulging in arson can be identified by their clothes, says Narendra Modi
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Those indulging in arson can be identified by their clothes, says Narendra Modi

The Hindu  

Accusing the Congress and its allies of fuelling violence over the amended Citizenship Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15 said the Opposition’s actions prove that the decision to pass the bill was “1,000 per cent correct”, and those indulging in arson “can be identified by their clothes“. Their actions reflect that the decision to pass Citizenship Bill in …

How many immigrants will benefit from Citizenship Act? 25,447 Hindus, 5,807 Sikhs, 55 Christians, two Buddhists and two Parsis, says Intelligence Bureau – Firstpost
5 years ago

How many immigrants will benefit from Citizenship Act? 25,447 Hindus, 5,807 Sikhs, 55 Christians, two Buddhists and two Parsis, says Intelligence Bureau – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Those who will immediately benefit from the Citizenship Amendment Act are a total of “31,313 persons belonging to minority communities, including “25,447 Hindu, 5,807 Sikhs, 55 Christians, 2 Buddhists and 2 Parsis who have been given Long Term Visa on the basis of their claim of religious persecution in their respective countries and want Indian Citizenship”. A total of 31,313 …

CAB: BJP sows seeds of strife across South Asia
5 years ago

CAB: BJP sows seeds of strife across South Asia

Deccan Chronicle  

Both Houses of Parliament earlier this week approved the Citizenship Bill after some Opposition resistance in the Upper House. Diplomatic implications evaded him in tarring three nations with the same brush, quoting incidents ad nauseum from Afghanistan under the Taliban, deposed in 2001, Bangladesh under non-Awami League governments or even acknowledging that Pakistan’s Sunni radical evangelism persecutes Islamic groups like …

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 …

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 …

Kerala, Punjab join West Bengal; refuse to implement Citizenship Bill
5 years ago

Kerala, Punjab join West Bengal; refuse to implement Citizenship Bill

India TV News  

As protests over the passage of the Citizenship Bill continues across Northeast, three more states have come up against the Act. The development comes days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared she will not allow the Citizenship Bill to be implemented in her state even after it becomes a law. Kerala refuses to accept Citizenship Act Kerala Chief …

In the name of a majority
5 years ago

In the name of a majority

The Hindu  

The Citizenship Bill, passed in both Houses this week, promises to give the protection of citizenship to non-Muslims who fled to India to escape religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. In 2003, the insertion of the category ‘illegal migrants’ in the provision of citizenship by birth became the hinge from which the NRC and the CAB later emerged. Exempting …

India’s Parliament passes contentious citizenship bill
5 years ago

India’s Parliament passes contentious citizenship bill

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian lawmakers approved legislation granting citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, even though critics said it undermines the country’s secular constitution. Modi said it was a “landmark day for India” and the law would “alleviate the suffering of many who faced persecution for years.” But Indian newspaper opinion writers said it was yet …

Citizenship Bill passed amid Opposition uproar; PM Modi calls it 'landmark day'
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill passed amid Opposition uproar; PM Modi calls it 'landmark day'

India TV News  

The contentious Citizenship Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, a process that completed the legislative process for giving Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The senior Congress leader said, "Honourable home ministerji, you brought demonetisation, GST, triple talaq, NRC, Article 370 and Citizenship Bill in the same pattern. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram …

Citizenship Amendment Bill to face first test in West Bengal, Assam elections
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill to face first test in West Bengal, Assam elections

India Today  

The Citizenship Amendment Bill to grant citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants will be the top electoral issue in 2021 West Bengal and Assam assembly elections. Every speaker from the government including Union Home Minister Amit Shah tried in both houses of Parliament to assure that the Citizenship Amendment Bill would not alter the status of Indian Muslims. In January this …

Strong possibility of Citizenship Amendment Bill creating division among different castes: Assam Speaker
5 years ago

Strong possibility of Citizenship Amendment Bill creating division among different castes: Assam Speaker

India Today  

Assam Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami on Thursday said doubts expressed over the Citizenship Bill are not baseless, and there is a strong possibility of it creating division if implemented. In a statement, Goswami appealed to the Central government to take necessary steps to redress the anger and grievances of the people of Assam. "There is a strong possibility of …

Kerala not to implement Citizenship Amendment Bill, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
5 years ago

Kerala not to implement Citizenship Amendment Bill, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced that his state will not implement The Citizen Bill, 2019 passed by the Parliament. While addressing a press conference in the state secretariat, the chief minister alleged that by passing the CAB, the BJP was executing the RSS agenda to divide the nation on communal lines. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha …

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights
5 years ago

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights

India Today  

India's Northeast is up in arms. Violent protests continue unabated in Assam and Tripura even a day after Rajya Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Bill, pushing it one step closer towards becoming a law of the land. A day after the Citizenship Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha test, massive protests that started earlier this week continue to keep Guwahati and …

Parliament passes Citizenship Amendment Bill: Narendra Modi hails law as proof of 'compassion, brotherhood'; Opposition says dark day for democracy
5 years ago

Parliament passes Citizenship Amendment Bill: Narendra Modi hails law as proof of 'compassion, brotherhood'; Opposition says dark day for democracy

Firstpost  

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was described as unconstitutional by the slew of Opposition MPs who rose to oppose the legislation in the Upper House. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, hailing it as “a landmark day for India and our nation’s …

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