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BJP MP slams USCIRF for remarks on CAB, demands resolution in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday slammed the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said the Lok Sabha should pass a resolution to send a stro
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is patently unconstitutional: P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which has been passed by the Lok Sabha, is "patently unconstitutional."
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Concerns of people from NE being addressed thoroughly: Kiren Rijiju on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Hours before the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the Centre has listened to the concerns of the people of the northeast about the Bill.
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Leadership should spare a moment for those who reposed their faith in it i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Prashant Kishor on Wednesday once against cautioned the party leadership on supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), saying that it must spare a moment for all those who reposed their faith and trust in it in 2015.
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CAB 2019 not in interest of country: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is not in the interest of the country.
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Don't need certificate on our nationalism: Sanjay Raut attacks BJP in CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Lashing out at its former ally BJP, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said his party does not need a certificate for its nationalism or Hindutva ideology.
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CAB about rights of minorities facing religious persecution, do not digres
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): During the ongoing debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, BJP MP JP Nadda said that leader of Congress in the house, Anand Sharma, was attempting to digress from the main topic.
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Pakistani Hindu refugees hail passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in L
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Pakistani Hindu refugees staying at Bhati Mines in Sanjay Nagar here on Wednesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre and Union Minister Amit Shah for the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha.
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CAB will be passed in Rajya Sabha for sure: Manoj Tiwari
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday said that there is no doubt about the fact that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will be passed in Rajya Sabha.
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Assam Police resorts to lathi-charge on protesters in Dibrugarh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Assam Police on Wednesday resorted to lathi-charge on protesters in Dibrugarh city while they were demonstrating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019.
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It is not for Maldives to comment on CAB: Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid here on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) was passed by the Indian parliament which represents the will of the people and it is not for Male to make comments on the matter.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill hurts soul of India, assault on Constitution: A
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday attacked the BJP, saying that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is an "assault" on the foundations of the Constitution and fails the morality test while asserting that it was wrong to blame his party for the Partition
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