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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill doesn't violate constitution: Amit Shah

It will give relief to people living a painful life after facing persecution in neighbouring countries, he said.

Shah defends Citizenship Amendment Bill, says has backing of 1.3 bn people

"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.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut says illegal 'intruders' should be thrown out

Ahead of tabling of the Citizen (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the Shiv Sena has opposed granting of any voting rights to illegal "intruders" even as it advocated citizenship for immigrant Hindus. The bill (CAB) seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution there. "Illegal Intruders should be thrown out. Immigrant Hindus must be given citizenship, but let's give rest to allegations of creating vote bank & not give them voting rights, what say? And yes what aboutpandits, have they gone back to kashmir after article 370 was removed?" Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut tweeted in morning and tagged Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who will introduce the CAB in the Lower House. Raut's comment assumes significance as he is the chief whip of the Sena in Parliament. What stand does the Sena, which has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha, take on the bill is being closely watched as the saffron ...

Citizenship Bill: Sena accuses Centre of 'invisible Hindu-Muslim partition'

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

Citizenship Amendment Bill is a bid to fashion an ethnic democracy

The Modi govt is fashioning something much more than an electoral strategy; a system that is democratic but also majoritarian

Citizenship Bill a win-win for Modi, but is depriving millions of sleep

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

Opposition parties prepare ground to counter Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the Lok Sabha, but Rajya Sabha as well

AASU slams BJP, says party is using Citizenship Bill for vote bank politics

The organisation also announced a series of agitations to protest against the Bill likely to be introduced in Parliament on Monday

Rights of passage

Citizenship Bill is no improvement on the first version

Is Modi government for its own citizens or for the illegal migrants: NESO

The Central government is expected to introduced the contentious Bill in Parliament on December 11 after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to the measure on Wednesday.

9 bills on LS agenda next week, Citizenship Bill may come up on Monday

The Citizenship Amendment Bill is listed for introduction and passage in the House on Monday.

Divide and win: How Citizenship Bill and NRC are BJP's next Ram Mandir

Since we raised the question of old and new history, it might be necessary for us to go back a few decades to understand the nature and complexity of migration in the east, especially Assam

Persecuted will get a better tomorrow: PM Modi defends Citizenship Bill

Referring to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the prime minister said the decision might seem a politically difficult one, but it had raised a new hope of development

Citizenship Bill: 12 Opposition parties agree on 8 points to counter BJP

Congress sources said party chief Sonia Gandhi will discuss with senior party leaders and like-minded parties to give shape to the her party's response to the bill.

Don't have numbers to stall Citizenship Amendment Bill: Opposition parties

The BJP has reached out to regional parties to support the Bill

Citizenship Amendment Bill likely to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Dec 9

The contentious Bill is set to be tabled next week in the Parliament.

Cleared by Cabinet, Citizenship Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Dec 9

The Bill will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha after being dealt with by the Lower House of Parliament

Parliament LIVE: FM explains onion remark; Chidambaram joins Cong protest

Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to table Bill that gives citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighboring Muslim countries.

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill gets green light, discussion likely next week

The Bill aims to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan

Union cabinet clears Citizenship Bill; to be tabled in Parliament soon

The Bill seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said