Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Wednesday that the Citizenship Amendment Act was in line with the promise given by India's founding fathers to the minorities in Pakistan during the time of India's partition.
"CAA is related to NRC. In the USA, if anyone studies there for five years, he gets a green card. Everywhere across the world, countries follow a similar rule. But what have they done in Bengal, in India?" They have eliminated the entire Muslim community those who have come from Banglades
BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashed out at the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Wednesday, accusing the Congress of spreading falsehoods about the CAA.
A petition has been filed in the High Court challenging the March 4 notice asking the residents to vacate the place by March 6. The petitioner has sought a direction to stay the demolition till there is an alternative shelter for these 800-odd people.
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for enforcing the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act on Tuesday. "Several questions remain unanswered. BJP is unable to answer," Tiwari said.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will grant citizenship to the citizens of India and no one should have a problem with the law.
Coming hard on the Centre over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday termed it as "Very Dangerous" and said that the government money which should be spent on the development of our family and country will now be spent on allowing Pakistani
Tripura LoP and CPI(M) leader Jitendra Choudhury on Wednesday lashed out at the centre for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act stating that it is 'unconstitutional' and stands against the secularism of the country.
After the Central Government notified the rules for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dilip Ghosh has said that there are celebrations in every village of Bengal and people are happy and are thanking PM Modi.
"...the Rules violate Article 14 of the Constitution, which guarantees equality to all persons: citizens and foreigners. Differentiating between the people along religious lines, especially when it comes to citizenship issues, would be in violation of the Constitution," Saikia stated.