At the stroke of 12 PM, Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

The opposition says the Bill violates the Constitution

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the questionable Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) with 311 in support and 80 against. The Bill is probably going to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

In his answer to more than six-hour-long discussion on the Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanded that the proposed law doesn’t victimize Indian Muslims yet planned for ensuring proceeded with abuse of minorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. He said the Bill was a consequence of the disappointment of the 1950 Nehru-Liaquat agreement. The home pastor said there is a qualification between illicit foreigners and displaced people.

Individuals from the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Left gatherings and others contested this, naming it troublesome and that it was a ‘trap’ and inseparably connected to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) work out, which has ‘fizzled’ in Assam. Shah said there was no linkage, and just those enjoying “vote bank governmental issues” were considering it a snare. He denounced “a few gatherings” of making an “air of dread”. “We are evident that we will do the NRC. This isn’t a ‘foundation’ for it, our statement is the foundation,” Shah said.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said the Bill was a “trick to make Muslims stateless”, and tore a duplicate of the Bill to feature his dissent. Individuals from the treasury seats said Owaisi had offended Parliament. Restriction individuals said the Bill damaged the Constitution, particularly correspondence under the steady gaze of law cherished in Article 14 of the Constitution. The Congress made plans to move the Supreme Court once Parliament passes the Bill. Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee said the West Bengal government would not permit NRC in the state…. Read More