Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading people on the amended Citizenship Act and the NRC.
JD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor has extended his thanks to Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi for rejecting and raising voice against CAA and NRC adding both deserve special thanks for their efforts.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in state assembly has said that there is no question of implementing NRC in Bihar. Bihar CM's statement has come amid protests taking place across the country against CAA and NRC.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan took on a volley of questions on India TV's iconic show 'Aap Ki Adalat' with Editor-in-Chief and Chairman Rajat Sharma. Khan debunked the myths surrounding the new citizenship law and NRC. Watch full video of Arif Mohammad Khan in Aap Ki Adalat.
BJP's Dilip Ghosh has said that Mamata Banerjee police didn't take action against the people who destroyed public properties as they are her voters but our government in UP, Assam and Karnataka have taken action these people.
Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah during a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has said that as much as right people of India and I have over this country, so does all those Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians who have come after facing religious persecution in Pakistan, have on this country.
Kishor's remarks came after the government on Friday issued a gazette notification declaring that the CAA has come into force with immediate effect granting citizenship to six non-Muslim minority communities -- Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian -- who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014.
“Let us not be under any illusion. In form and content, NPR is a disguised NRC,” the Congress President said in her opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will boycott the January 13 opposition meeting in Delhi, alleging that Congress and Left are 'playing dirty politics in West Bengal' and that she will fight against CAA and NRC alone.
The Supreme Court refused urgent hearing of a petition seeking to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as constitutional saying court's job is to validate the law and not declaring it constitutional.
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that children, whose parents have been given citizenship through NRC, will not be separated from their families and sent to the detention centres in Assam.
In a Hindi tweet, hours after the statement made by Priyanka Gandhi, the CM's Office' through its Twitter handle @myogioffice said, "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has worn saffron for public service."
A 14-month-old girl from Varanasi along with her grandmother sought the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in having her mother released from jail. Champak's mother, Ekta Tiwari, who is in Varanasi's district jail was detained from the anti-CAA, NRC protests that took place in the Beniya Bagh area of Varanasi on December 19.
PM Modi has initiated a reach-out campaign — #IndiaSupportsCAA — on Twitter asking citizens to understand the act. He also shared Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's explanation on CAA and advised people to refer it to understand the law.
In Tamil Nadu, 'kolams' (Rangoli) are drawn outside the Hindu homes early in the morning as an auspicious mark believed to bring prosperity. The 'kolam' is drawn with rice flour so that ants can consume it.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading the people over the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and National Register of Citizens and alleged that he wanted to divide the country through these measures.
"Billions would be splurged on the so-called NPR, NRC and the Indian Census of 2021. Have learnt that NPR forms have numerous columns. Then, why is there a problem in adding one more column for caste," said Lalu Prasad, currently doing jail time in Ranchi
Attacking the government over the issue of the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said these exercises will be more disastrous than the note ban in November 2016.
As 2019 draws to a close, it leaves us a year older, a year wiser. It leaves us with historical political mandates and stern decision making. But most of all it leaves us with a series of 3 letter acronyms, some new and refreshing, while others relatively old and more common. And some from the pages of history. What is different though is that in 2019, the Indian youth has embraced the wisdom of these 3 letter acronyms. Young India is no longer unaware of the delicacies of what goes on in the political corridors but now identifies itself with the topic of debate.
Two separate documents released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) within three months have different versions over connection between National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), with one saying the former a first step towards creation of latter while the other clarifying "no such proposal" linking the two exercises.
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