Refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan staged a protest against the INDIA alliance and Congress leaders over their statements on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) outside the Congress headquarters on Friday.
The CAA rules, notified by the Narendra Modi government on March 11 and passed by Parliament in 2019, aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanist
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Ajit Pawar faction, which has been officially recognised as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) by the Election Commission of India, as to why it is using veteran leader Sharad Pawar's photos for campaigning.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citiz
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, answering the questions being raised by several opposition leaders, including AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, questioned the logic behind calling it anti-Muslim and said that the law can't be seen in isolation as it ca
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.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh questioned the timing of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and asserted that it was timed ahead of the general polls to polarise the voters in Assam and West Bengal.
"Let us turn to the subsidiary bodies inhabiting a subterranean world with their own custom-made working methods and obscure practices which do not find any legal basis in the charter or any of the council's resolutions. For instance, while we do get to know of the decisions of these committ
The Centre on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules, days before the announcement of the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections and the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct. The Ministry of Home Affairs has already created a portal for the applicants' convenience, with
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday questioned the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, asking if he stepped down to contest elections on a BJP ticket.