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"Polarisation is in the DNA of BJP": CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat slams Cent
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat attacked the central government on Tuesday after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). "It changes the definition of citizenship and links it to religion," she said.
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LDF protests against implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act in Kerala
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) launched strong demonstrations against the centre's decision to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
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"We are against religious polarization": Assam Mahila Congress President M
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The President of Assam Mahila Congress Mira Borthakur came out strongly against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) by the BJP-led Central government. "We are against this religious polarization," she said.
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"Congress kept opposing CAA due to appeasement and vote bank politics": Am
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that Congress always opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) due to the appeasement and vote bank politics adding that Constitution drafters at the time of country's independence had promised refugees who leave Bangladesh, Afghanistan and
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Tamil Nadu will not implement Citizenship Amendment Act, says Chief Minist
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday declared that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would not be implemented in the southern Indian state.
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"This is a 'KHELA' to take away your rights...": Mamata Banerjee attacks C
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the timing of its decision to notify the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), saying that she doubts the legality of CAA and she said that there is no clarity from the side of the Central government.
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"PM Modi has done a good job": Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on CAA imple
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He said, "Those who could not come to India at the time of partition and were persecuted on the basis of religion in these different countries."
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"CAA is not against minorities": BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad hails CAA impl
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A day after the central government implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across the country, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "CAA is not against the minority of the country."
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Here's how eligible individuals can apply for Indian citizenship through C
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
On Monday evening, the Union Home Ministry notified rules for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and made online a portal only through which eligible individuals can seek Indian citizenship. The rules grant Indian citizenship to these refugees who had sought shelter in
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Congress questions timing of CAA implementation, says aimed at polarisatio
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Security tightened in parts of Delhi; police take out flag march in view o
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Security was beefed up in parts of Delhi following the implementation of rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by the central government on Monday.
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'Should talk, make it acceptable, then do': Congress' TS Singh Deo critici
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and Congress leader TS Singh Deo criticized the central government's notification of the rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
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