New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said the BJP's ideology of shaping a new India is divisive in nature while opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Parliament.
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): In the wake of protests in the state over The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Section 144, which prohibits assembly of more than four people in an area, has been imposed in Assam's Sonitpur district.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Congress party leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday, while commenting on the opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, gave examples of actors Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif to explain the "discrimination" being done in the Bill.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Manipur Education Minister Thokchom Radheshyam Singh on Monday said that people of the state are being instigated to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Parliament on Monday that there was no political agenda behind the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019, and said it will liberate minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan from "torturous life".
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is duty-bound to implement every act and provision of the Constitution of India, said BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Monday, while responding to her opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Lok Sabha and said that it is against Article 14, Article 15, Article 21, Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution of India.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Manipur will be included in the Inner Line Permit (IPL) system, Home Minister Amit Shah announced while moving the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, for passage in Lok Sabha on Monday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday stirred controversy as he said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's name will be featured with Hitler and David Ben-Gurion if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed.
New Delhi (India), Dec 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, said that Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh won't get the benefit of this amendment as they have not faced religious persecution.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Revolutionary Socialist Party MP, NK Premachandran on Monday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill violates the basic features of the Constitution.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Lamenting the plight of Shia Muslim community, Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to include Shia community in the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, which was intr