The CAA seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan entering India before December 31, 2014. The passage of the Bill in the Parliament had triggered protests in several parts of the country including in Delhi.
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) announced that it will contest elections on 100 seats out of the 403 assembly seats.
An activist who participated in the anti-CAA protests said that "like-minded people" were mulling restarting their agitation that had been called off during the pandemic.
Congress and other opposition parties in Assam are using Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as "propaganda" to mislead the people in the polls but they have failed to peddle lies, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday.
Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that it has shown its real face in the West Bengal manifesto.
The Left Front on Saturday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal assembly polls, promising to restore the rule of law in the state, and stressing that the Citizenship Amendment Act won't be implemented under any circumstance.
Reacting to Vijayvargiya's comment, senior TMC leader and state minister Firhad Hakim said that the BJP is trying to fool the people of West Bengal.
People including Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath members continue their protest against CAA, NRC and NPR near Madras High Court.
India is clear that the CAA is constitutionally valid and complies with all requirements of its constitutional values, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Protests related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) took a violent turn in Maujpur and Jaffrabad areas of North East Delhi as pro and anti-CAA protesters clashed with each other for the second consecutive day.
After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday assured that no one should be scared of CAA as it is about giving Citizenship and not taking it.
Protest march held from Mandi House to Parliament House against Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act as 'malicious and mischievous'. Chidambaram on Friday said that people across the world are questioning India's commitment towards being a democratic nation. He also described the National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) as "mischievous and dangerous".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi traded barbs at each other during election rallies in Delhi on Tuesday. Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party too was not out of the radar.
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People hold protest against the women sit-in protest against CAA in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi. The women has been sitting in protest for last 49 days.
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