Leader of Opposition in Nagaland, T R Zeliang today asked Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to spell out on what grounds the state Cabinet decided not to oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India due to alleged religious persecution in those countries.
The June 5 decision of the state cabinet "possibly reveals the ignorance of the State Cabinet... or even worse, the decision was taken out of compulsion to gratify the Central Government at the cost of the Naga people," Zeliang said in a letter to the chief minister.
He said the state Cabinet decided on June 5 that "if the proposed amendment goes against the interest of the Nagas, the Government of Nagaland will oppose such amendments. Otherwise, Government of Nagaland will not interfere in national policies."
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