December, 2019
Citizenship (Amendment) Act: Some facts vs ‘mythbusters’
GoI’s effort at reaching out is important. But this should have been done much earlier, when the build-up of support and opposition to the Act was clear. Assam groups had expressed their public opposition to the earlier Bill as far back as 2018.
BJP to identify refugees in Lok Sabha constituencies
The ruling party has asked all its Lok Sabha MPs to identify the refugees, most of them living in clusters or in slums, in their constituencies and reach out to them. While 303 seats would be covered by its lawmakers, for many of the remaining.
Rahul Gandhi Has Insulted His Grandmother With Anti-Savarkar Remarks, Says BJP
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said the country will never forgive Rahul Gandhi for remarks against Savarkar even if he wants to apologise.
9 MPs raised Assam concern in their dissent notes to JPC
Senior BJD leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, whose party supported the Bill in Parliament, expressed in his dissent note, which is annexed to the JPC report that, “the present Bill contravenes the provision of the principal Act and goes against the spiri. New Delhi: Nine MPs from five political parties in the 30-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) had red flagged the negative consequences of CAB in Assam. Senior BJD leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, whose party supported the Bill in Parliament, expressed in his dissent note, which isRead More
‘Victory of Bigoted Forces’: Sonia Gandhi on Passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha
In a strongly-worded statement issued immediately after the bill was passed, Gandhi said the bill is represents a rejection of an India that would be a free nation for all her people, irrespective of religion, region, caste, creed, language or ethnicity. New Delhi: Severely criticising the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said it marks a “dark day” in the constitutional history of India and is a “victory of narrow minded and bigoted forces” over the country’s pluralism. Rajya Sabha approved The CitizenshipRead More