Friday, December 13th, 2019

Nine MPs from five parties who sat on the Citizenship Amendment Bill’s Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), a panel of 30 members, had warned in dissent notes of the Bill’s harmful consequences for Assam. Dissent notes Bhartruhari Mahtab, a senior BJD leader whose party backed the Bill in Parliament, wrote in a note attached to the committee’s report that the Bill conflicted with the principal Act and with the spirit of the Assam Accord. He warned: “In an already densely populated state, this will open floodgates.” Law ministry divided The departmentRead More