Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is set to lead a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati on Saturday. The Assam party unit is preparing hard to make it a success as the state has seen massive protests against the CAA in recent days.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat's criticism for recent violent protests against the new citizenship law has set tongues wagging in the political circles. General Rawat on Thursday said that instigating large crowds to turn violent and carry out carson doesn't amount to leadership. His remarks evoked strong reactions from Opposition leaders.
More than 1,100 people are under arrest and 5,558 kept in preventive detention following violence related to the anti-citizenship amendment act protests, officials said on Thursday, putting the death toll in police clashes across the state at 19.
The Uttar Pradesh police had maintained that they ‘did not fire a single bullet during the violence,' but the Bijnor police later admitted that one of the protesters had been killed in police firing. Although many of the bodies of those killed in violence bore gunshot wounds, the state police insisted that they did not shoot anything other than plastic pellets and rubber bullets.
The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) agitation blended into festive colours on the day of Christmas.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was a dream of Mahatma Gandhi, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday, adding that the law, which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, would be passed in the state legislative assembly soon.
The new NPR will have 21 categories for which people have to give information compared to the previous NPR which had only 15 categories to be filled. Opposition has hit out at the Modi government saying NPR will be used for NRC, however, Home Minister Amit Shah has said that there is no connection between NPR and NRC.
A total of 925 people have been arrested across Uttar Pradesh since the protests over the amended Citizenship Act began in the country. As many as 16 casualties were reported from entire Uttar Pradesh, where internet services have been snapped till December 25, 8 PM.
NDA ally Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral has said that his party is against the CAA asking the government to also include Muslims in the refugees list. He also compared the present NDA with Vajpayee's era saying the government of the day lacks Vajpayee-touch.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday explained the difference between NPR (National Population Register) and NRC (National Register of Citizens). Clearing the Centre's stand, Amit Shah said the government is not even holding talks of implementing PAN-India NRC. Below are the highlights from what Amit Shah said on NPR, NRC and Citizenship Act.
In provocative remarks seemingly directed at Muslims, a Haryana BJP MLA has said those opposing CAA and NRC can be "wiped out" in an hour. Kaithal MLA Leela Ram Gurjar was speaking at an event in his constituency in support of the amended citizenship law.
"When it comes to nationalism, the Hindu society is 100 per cent 'napunsak'. Like an infertile person is of no use for reproduction, similar traits are shown by the Hindu society when it comes to the national interest," Bhide said
While Muslims can choose any one of the 150 Islamic countries in the world, India is the only country for Hindus, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Tuesday while justifying the CAA
The results of the Jharkhand elections show that while the country was witnessing grim protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the issue had virtually no impact on voting preferences in the state.
Amid the ongoing citizenship law protests in Mangalore, dramatic visuals of school kids being targetted by protestors have struck a chord with many viewers
Saif said everybody has a right to express their opinion or not.
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the National Population Register. The National Population Register is set to commence from April next year. The National Population Register (NPR) is a Register of usual residents of the country. It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.
Bengal BJP vice president Chandra Kumar Bose has spoken against the Citizenship Amendment Act saying if it is not related to religion then why not include Muslims in it.
DMK chief MK Stalin has been booked for taking out protest rally against CAA in Chennai.
Both Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi had left for Meerut earlier today, to meet those injured in alleged police firing during protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
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