Citizenship Bill row: Can the states decide on Indian citizenship?
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill row: Can the states decide on Indian citizenship?

India TV News  

As the opposition-ruled states mount their combined opposition to the Citizenship Bill, government sources have indicated that the states have no locus standi on matters of citizenship. The clamour to oppose the Citizenship Bill was triggered by the comments of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who on December 12 labelled the bill as an “assault” on India’s secular credentials. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee became the third opposition CM to oppose the bill and has called for a strategy-formation meeting of her party’s MPs and MLAs on Dec 20 to brainstorm methods to oppose the bill. Earlier in the day, even Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel indicated that they were willing to toe the line of their party’s central leadership. Speaking to Times Now, former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee said that it was “unwise of the states to boycott the Citizenship Bill.” ALSO READ: Citizenship Bill becomes Act after presidential nod; protests continue in Northeast

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CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the union government on a batch of applications seeking to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024. Seeking the Union's response, the court posted the matter on April 9.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra adjourned today's hearing on Solicitor. Arguing …

'Union Itself Aware That There's No Urgency To Enforce CAA' : Kerala Moves Supreme Court For Stay Of Citizenship Amendment Act
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Union Itself Aware That There's No Urgency To Enforce CAA' : Kerala Moves Supreme Court For Stay Of Citizenship Amendment Act

Live Law  

The State of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court seeking an interim injunction restraining the Union from implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and its recently notified Rules. The Centre notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules to enforce the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, which is the subject of numerous ongoing litigations. To provide a brief background, the contentious Citizenship Amendment …

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 …

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 …

CAA notified: Rules for the new citizenship law draws Opposition parties’ ire
9 months, 4 weeks ago

CAA notified: Rules for the new citizenship law draws Opposition parties’ ire

Hindustan Times  

After the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government won the 2019 Lok Sabha election with a thumping majority—with the Bharatiya Janata Party alone winning over 300 seats— the parliamentary business was never as usual. I am waiting to see the law.” Even as Banerjee claimed that everybody who “lives in India and Bengal is an Indian citizen”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh …

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Hindustan Times  

The Union home ministry on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Act over four years after Parliament passed the law to fast-track the citizenship process for non-Muslims, who have entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, and triggered protests. The rules were framed months after Union home minister Amit Shah promised that this would be …

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 …

Citizenship Act hearing | SC asks Govt. for data on illegal migration in North-East States after 1971, steps taken to combat it
1 year, 1 month ago

Citizenship Act hearing | SC asks Govt. for data on illegal migration in North-East States after 1971, steps taken to combat it

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to furnish data on the number of immigrants who were conferred Indian citizenship through Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. During the proceedings, the Chief Justice also asked why ‘Assam was singled out’ in the application of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act when West Bengal shares a larger border …

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court to hear TODAY the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The matter to be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. TrivediThe 2019 Act amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The matter to be heard …

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court to hear TODAY the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The matter to be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. TrivediThe 2019 Act amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The matter to be heard …

Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules
2 years, 2 months ago

Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought an extension of another three months to frame the rules of the Citizenship Act, 2019, a legislation that fast tracks the citizenship of undocumented persons of six non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The MHA has sought more time from the subordinate committee on parliamentary legislation in both the Lok Sabha and …

CAA: MHA Invites Indian Citizenship Applications from Non-Muslim Refugees from Afghan, Pak, B'desh
3 years, 7 months ago

CAA: MHA Invites Indian Citizenship Applications from Non-Muslim Refugees from Afghan, Pak, B'desh

News 18  

The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union home ministry issued a notification in this effect for immediate implementation of the order under the Citizenship Act 1955 and Rules framed under …

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 …

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray continues to support CAA
4 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray continues to support CAA

Op India  

Following his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray reiterated his stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act. https://t.co/XlQk8FbrAW — ANI February 21, 2020 Speaking at a press conference after his meet with PM Modi, Thackeray said, “We have had a discussion on Citizenship Amendment Act, NPR and NRC. This law is not to take …

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 …

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh & Wajahat Habibullah Move SC Against CAA-NPR-NRC [Read Petition]
4 years, 11 months ago

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh & Wajahat Habibullah Move SC Against CAA-NPR-NRC [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Leader of Bhim Army Chandra Shekhar Aazad, social activist Swami Agnivesh and former CIC Wajahat Habibullah along with three others have moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. "the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is a sinister precursor to the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens which are tools for identification …

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 …

State governments can't deny implementing CAA, it's unconstitutional: Kapil Sibal
4 years, 11 months ago

State governments can't deny implementing CAA, it's unconstitutional: Kapil Sibal

India TV News  

Amid nationwide outrage and polarisation of views over the Citizenship act, Congress' senior leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday stated that no state can deny implementing Citizenship Amendment Act after it was passed in parliament and got signed by the president of India. On the sidelines of the Kerala literature festival in Kozhikode, Kerala, the former union minister said, "When you …

Punjab government moves resolution against CAA in state assembly
4 years, 11 months ago

Punjab government moves resolution against CAA in state assembly

India TV News  

The ruling Congress in Punjab has moved a resolution in the state assembly on Friday demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. "Wait till tomorrow," Singh had said when asked by reporters if the government will bring in a resolution, on the lines of Kerala, against the Act. The state Congress government had on Tuesday said it will proceed …

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 …

'We're not naive': Punjab CM Amarinder supports Kerala's anti-CAA resolution
5 years ago

'We're not naive': Punjab CM Amarinder supports Kerala's anti-CAA resolution

India TV News  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday came out in support of the Kerala Assembly resolution demanding scrapping of the Citizenship Act, saying it was the voice of the people and the Centre should also pay heed to it. In an open letter to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Punjab chief minister asserted that the states have already …

States must implement Citizenship Act: Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years ago

States must implement Citizenship Act: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Hindu  

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said States had a constitutional duty to implement laws passed by Parliament. State governments that had announced that they would not implement the Citizenship Act should seek appropriate legal opinion on constitutional provisions, he said. The Law Minister said the governments which claim they would not allow the CAA or were getting …

Arundhati Roy: Protests over India’s citizenship law give me hope
5 years ago

Arundhati Roy: Protests over India’s citizenship law give me hope

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – Mass protests have gripped parts of India over a controversial citizenship law. 191224114443933 The law follows the publication of the National Register of Citizens in India’s northeastern Assam state in August, which excluded nearly two million people – about half Hindu and half Muslim – from the official list of citizens, raising fears they could be …

Citizenship Amendment Act protests Updates: Modi's assurance on NRC hollow, says Pinarayi Vijayan; Gujarat BJP to launch campaign to clear 'misconceptions'
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act protests Updates: Modi's assurance on NRC hollow, says Pinarayi Vijayan; Gujarat BJP to launch campaign to clear 'misconceptions'

Firstpost  

9:04 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter CAA concerns all Indians, not just Muslims, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi The fight against the new citizenship law is “not just the issue of Muslims” but concerns all Indians and there should be a sustained struggle against the legislation, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed. You also have to stand in queue and bring documents,” …

Citizenship Amendment Act has nothing unconstitutional
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act has nothing unconstitutional

Op India  

The Modi government recently came up with the Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed by both houses of parliament and became The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 after receiving the President’s assent. Read- How to debate Citizenship Amendment Act with ‘liberal’ idiots A person can be eligible to apply for citizenship by naturalisation if he fulfils all the necessary qualifications provided …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Uttar Pradesh remains tense
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Uttar Pradesh remains tense

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh remained tense amid violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Clashes broke out in several parts of the state including Meerut, Kanpur, Rampur, Lucknow and Aligarh even as section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bars assembly of more than four people in a place, is in force and internet is suspended. …

Cong govts in Punjab, MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry won't implement CAA: Harish Rawat
5 years ago

Cong govts in Punjab, MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry won't implement CAA: Harish Rawat

India Today  

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said that the state governments where the Congress is in power will not implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. Terming the new Citizenship law as an "unconstitutional" and "communal", Harish Rawat said the Congress is opposing the new Act and the party's leadership has decided to not implement …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Has India’s Modi has gone too far with citizenship amendment bill?
5 years ago

Has India’s Modi has gone too far with citizenship amendment bill?

CNN  

CNN — Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government has stripped the country’s only Muslim-majority state of autonomy and rolled out a citizenship check in the northeastern state of Assam that effectively left nearly 2 million people stateless, many of them Muslims. “And it looks like a side, which has been asleep or at least silent, has really woken …

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates
5 years ago

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court delays hearing of pleas challenging the new law to January 22 amid widespread protests across the country. Tuesday, December 17 Why Indians are protesting against new law It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Fresh protests held across India Fresh protests …

Nitin Gadkari defends Citizenship Amendment Act, says Indians need not worry
5 years ago

Nitin Gadkari defends Citizenship Amendment Act, says Indians need not worry

India Today  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari dismissed speculation surrounding the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act that it was brought by the Narendra Modi government to target Muslims. Not known for mincing his words, Gadkari on Tuesday said there is nothing that the minority in India has to be afraid of in connection with the amended Citizenship Act. Speaking on Agenda AajTak, Nitin …

How a new law moves India closer to being ‘a Hindu country’
5 years ago

How a new law moves India closer to being ‘a Hindu country’

LA Times  

Indian students shout anti-government slogans during a protest against a new citizenship law in New Delhi. The spark for the unrest is a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, who make up 14% of India’s 1.3 billion people, the largest religious minority in a country that is 80% Hindu. “They’re worried about waking up one day in …

What's the need of citizenship law now when all India needs is jobs, asks Arvind Kejriwal
5 years ago

What's the need of citizenship law now when all India needs is jobs, asks Arvind Kejriwal

India Today  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has questioned the need to pass a law such as the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that has brought many states to a standstill and saw Delhi erupt in violent protests on Sunday. I spoke to the L-G and also sought time from Amit Shah to discuss the measures all of us need to take to …

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 …

Delhi protest: India citizenship bill demonstrations spread
5 years ago

Delhi protest: India citizenship bill demonstrations spread

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Deadly protests erupted across India Sunday over a controversial citizenship bill that critics fear could further marginalize the country’s minority Muslim community. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images Police personnel try to protect a man attending a protest against graffiti on the shutters and walls of Church Street condemning Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India's new citizenship law …

Telangana may enforce Citizenship Act
5 years ago

Telangana may enforce Citizenship Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Though the Telangana Rashtra Samiti had voted against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, it is left with no option but to enforce the legislation in the state. It is a Central Act under the Union List of 7th Schedule of the Constitution, he pointed out.When Mr Kumar was addressing the second conference of the All India Peace Solidarity …

States have no power to deny implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act, says Ministry of Home Affairs
5 years ago

States have no power to deny implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act, says Ministry of Home Affairs

Firstpost  

According to the MHA sources, the issue of citizenship comes under Union List by the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, and therefore such amendment is applicable for all states. New Delhi: After as many as five states refused to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs have said that the states hold no power to …

Citizenship Act: Amit Shah cancels northeast visit as protests continue
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: Amit Shah cancels northeast visit as protests continue

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah cancelled his scheduled visit to Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh on December 15 and 16 as protests continued in several parts of the Northeast against the amended Citizenship Act. The All Assam Students' Union, spearheading the protests against the legislation accused Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal of “surrendering before the Delhi leadership” and vowed to continue to …

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. …

Congress urges PM to convene all-party meet on Assam situation
5 years ago

Congress urges PM to convene all-party meet on Assam situation

India TV News  

Stating that the situation in the Northeast states was disturbing and Army action was not the answer, the Congress Party has asked the government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. Speaking during Zero Hour in the Upper House, Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said that the situation could have been avoided had the government not rushed into …

United Nations closely monitoring outcome of Citizenship law
5 years ago

United Nations closely monitoring outcome of Citizenship law

India TV News  

The implications of India's Citizenship Bill, 2019 are being closely watched by the United Nations, a spokesperson has said. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Thursday, "We're aware that the Lower and Upper Houses of the Indian Parliament have passed the Citizenship Bill, and we're also aware of the concerns that have been publicly expressed. The Bill, …

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 2019 gets President’s nod
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 gets President’s nod

Live Mint  

The Citizenship Bill, 2019 received President Ram Nath Kovind's nod late Thursday, and hence became an Act. The President's assent comes amid intense outrage across Assam and Tripura, where curfew has been extended indefinitely in some parts. This is a drastic shift from the provisions of the Citizenship Act of 1955 that labels a person an “illegal immigrant" if he …

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 …

Citizenship Bill becomes Act after presidential nod; protests continue in Northeast
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill becomes Act after presidential nod; protests continue in Northeast

India TV News  

The Citizenship Bill, 2019 has now got the president's nod and has now become an Act. According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014, and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship. The Act …

BJP can't bulldoze states to implement amended Citizenship Act: Mamata Banerjee
5 years ago

BJP can't bulldoze states to implement amended Citizenship Act: Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

Lashing out at the BJP-led central government over the amended Citizenship Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she would not allow its implementation in the state "under any circumstances". Addressing a press meet in Digha, Banerjee, who is also the TMC supremo, said the saffron party can't bulldoze the states to implement the law. Referring to …

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