West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the timing of its decision to notify the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), saying that she doubts the legality of CAA and she said that there is no clarity from the side of the Central government.
Backing the opposition's move to approach the Supreme Court over the enforcement of the CAA and denouncing the act as 'unconstitutional,' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor affirmed that it would be repealed if the INDIA alliance assumes power.
"The government intends to end the voting rights of crores of Muslims through NRC. The next step of CAA is NRC. This is just a tactic to distract the people and an election stunt. We have no objection to people being given citizenship but why has religion been defined in that?" ST Hassan sai
In a sharp critique, Shiv Sena (UBT) Spokesperson Anand Dubey questioned the timing of the recent Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) notification, suggesting that the government had a decade to introduce it.
Assuring the people of West Bengal of vehemently opposing the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday that she won't let anyone to the detention center.
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid withdrew his bail plea before the Supreme Court in the North-East Delhi riots in February 2020 on Wednesday.
Taking a dig at BJP, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhury on Tuesday said that with the date of the Lok Sabha elections are nearing, topics such as the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the NRC are being brought into the market with great effect to create polarisation of votes.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned for January 31 the hearing of the bail plea filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the North-East Delhi riots in February 2020.
Former Minister of Uttarakhand and current Disciplinary Committee president of Uttarakhand Congress, Navprabhat spoke about the ongoing issue of the Uniform Civil Code. Giving examples of CAA, NRC and Article 370, he termed UCC as a "half-baked idea".
The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday directed the Forensic Science Laboratories to furnish reports of Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and voice samples regarding a case in which allegations have been made that some youths were forced to sing National Anthem during the Delhi riots 2020.
The High court said the accused were part of unlawful assembly and raising slogans and they had broken the first line of barricade and turned violent. They assaulted the police personnel during the protest, they climbed the barricades, the High court said.