Govt likely to table Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today
India | January 08, 2019 10:30 ISTThe Union Cabinet on Monday had approved the controversial bill, stoking a major row in Assam.
The Union Cabinet on Monday had approved the controversial bill, stoking a major row in Assam.
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) invited the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to join the ongoing agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
The proposed legislation seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and the AGP and several parties and organisations have claimed that it will have an adverse impact on the demography of the sensitive border state.
Meanwhile, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has withdrawn its support to ruling BJP in Assam over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, AGP president and minister Atul Bora said.
Protests over the Citizenship Bill erupted at various places in Assam on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government was working to ensure the proposed legislation gets Parliament nod.
A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill has adopted amid protests by opposition MPs its report that will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on January 7, sources said.
All amendments moved by the opposition in the JPC of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, which seeks to grant Indian nationality to people belonging to minority communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, were defeated on Monday.
The controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill may not be able to get through during the Winter session of Parliament which comes to an end on January 8, sources said on Sunday.
In view of the bandh call, the Assam government has instructed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to take all measures to maintain the public utility services.
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his frequent foreign visits, the Sena said while India was witnessing dust storms, the PM, being mostly out of the country, might not be affected by it.
The government, all political parties, including the state BJP unit, and the NGOs opposed the Bill saying if legislated, the amendment will legalise thousands of Buddhists (Chakmas) who have illegally entered the state from Bangladesh.
New Delhi: A bill seeking to merge Person of Indian Origin and Overseas Citizenship of India was introduced in Lok Sabha today amid resistance from a RSP member.Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju introduced
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