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Amit Shah, Adityanath are 'babas', tell lies about CAA, says Akhilesh Yada
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday implicitly compared Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and called the duo "babas" (saints) alleging that both are are telling lies about Citizenshi
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Opposition free to protest, CAA won't be rolled back: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that the opposition is free to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but the law will not be rolled back.
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B'deshi author Taslima terms CAA 'generous', calls for inclusion of persec
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday termed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) "very good" and "generous" and suggested that the new law should also include Muslim community, free thinkers and atheists, who are persecuted in
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Academicians, filmmakers, actors, artists from West Bengal write to PM Mod
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): A group of academicians, filmmakers, actors, artists, and other professionals from West Bengal have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extending their support to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which grants citizenship to persecuted
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Naqvi accuses opposition parties of siding with forces that committed atro
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Union Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday accused the opposition parties of siding with the forces that committed atrocities on the persecuted minorities in their countries.
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People opposing CAA should understand persecuted minorities' pain, says Ma
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee General Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday said that people opposing Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) should understand persecuted minorities' pains.
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CAA does not take away citizenship right, only helps persecuted minorities
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Reiterating his endorsement for the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Minister VK Singh on Sunday said the act does not take away the rights of citizenship from the people instead helps the persecuted minorities.
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What will Cong do if persecuted panthi's family seeks refuge in India unde
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Condemning the attack on gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday came down heavily on the opposition parties for not supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act and asked what the Congress would do if the persecuted
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Citizenship law should apply to all persecuted people: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday demanded that the amended Citizenship should apply equally to all persecuted people including Pakistani Ahmadiyyas, Sri Lankan Tamils, Bhutanese Christians and Myanmarese Rohingyas.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams Opposition for supporting anti-CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday slammed the Opposition parties for supporting the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests and said they should in fact be proud that the country is supporting the persecuted people from n
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Govt's stance on CAA misplaced, people feeling insecure: Anand Sharma
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said that the government's argument that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been brought to grant citizenship to persecuted minorities is misplaced as independent India's governments from 1947 already ha
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Muslims of Pak, Afghanistan and Bangladesh can go to Islamic countries: Ni
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Sunday that Muslims of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have the option to go to as many as 150 Islamic countries in the world while persecuted minorities in three neighbouring countries have nowhere
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