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Opposition divided over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Several parties including Congress, BSP, PDP, AAP, and JD-S opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) while the Naga People's Front (NPF) and South India's AIADMK and YSR Congress Party and Odisha's BJD came to rescue the government in the Rajya Sabha
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Protests in North-East, 3 Army columns requi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): In the wake of protests in the North-East over The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, three Army columns have been put in Tripura and Assam.
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Congress workers hold protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Chen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Congress workers on Wednesday staged a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
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CAB will make two-nation theory a reality: Kapil Sibal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Congress MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) will make the two-nation theory, which was perpetrated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a reality.
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Majority versus morality: Sachin Pilot on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot on Wednesday slammed the central government over The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and said that it is "majority versus morality".
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Two Army columns deployed in Tripura, two on standby for deployment in Ass
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Two Army columns have been deployed in Tripura while two are on standby in Assam in view of the situation there over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill a stupid attempt to make India country for on
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) leader Kamal Haasan on Wednesday criticised the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (CAB) terming it as a "stupid attempt" to make India a country for one sect.
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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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