Huge processions were taken out in different areas of Guwahati
The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill a little past midnight on Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours.
Last night at midnight, India's tryst with bigotry and narrow minded exclusion was confirmed as the CAB was passed in the Lok Sabha, says Priyanka Gandhi
Sources in the party said that the legislation will also sail through the Rajya Sabha as the ruling NDA has the numbers.
After getting cleared by the Lok Sabha, the Citizenship Amendment Bill is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha today
The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it, 80 voting against it and zero abstentions, after a heated debate
Security was beefed up in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.
Introduction of a religious test for citizenship signals a u-turn from our Constitutional ideals and independence movement
The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan
The opposition says the Bill violates the Constitution
After an over seven-hour-long debate, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha, with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it
The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it a little past midnight after a debate that lasted more than seven hours
The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan
The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it
It will give relief to people living a painful life after facing persecution in neighbouring countries, he said.
"We will have to differentiate between intruders and refugees. Citizenship amendment bill does not discriminate against anyone and does not snatch anyone's rights," he said.
What stand does the Sena, which has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha, take on the bill is being closely watched as the saffron party heads a coalition government in Maharashtra with the NCP and Congress
Sena pointed out that most of the states from the North East region have opposed the CAB along with Bihar where the BJP is sharing power with the JD(U), and West Bengal
The Modi govt is fashioning something much more than an electoral strategy; a system that is democratic but also majoritarian
This will be the second attempt by the Modi administration to amend citizenship law. In January, the legislation was passed in the lower house of parliament but lapsed as the upper house didn't take i