Citizenship (amendment) Bill  

The opposition harped on the word secular as they referred to the Constitution while speaking on issues such as the NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it does look like they don’t understand the difference between the true meaning of being secular and pseudo-secular.
 

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill smoothly sailed through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Wednesday. As many as 125 members of the Upper House voted in favour while 105 MPs voted against the Bill.

A relook into the Shah Bano case in which the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government overturned a SC verdict in the 1980s emphatically proves that Congress is guilty of the very charge of appeasement and religious persecution it is making against the Narendra Modi-led government 

After a heated debate over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) the Rajya Sabha passed the bill with 125 Ayes and 105 Noes.

On today’s episode of Simplified by, we take a look at the violations of the Nehru-Liaquat pact that led to the need for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Shekhar Gupta, a prominent journalist has said that the BJP has not been voted to power to implement the CAB. On the flip side, even a cursory glance at the BJP’s manifesto 2019 would suggest that the BJP was contesting the elections on this issue as well. 

Union home minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Upper House, holding 245 members in the Rajya Sabha. The halfway mark is currently 121 as five seats are vacant bringing down the strength of the House to 240.

Once again, Pakistan has sought to interfere in India’s internal matter by criticising the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it is the violation of the Nehru-Liaquat pact by Pakistan that has led to the need of the CAB

Adnan Sami welcomed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said that it is for protection of people from persecution in theocratic states.

After heated discussions spanning seven hours, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by a majority of 311 votes against 80 in the Lower House where 391 members were present and voting on Monday (December 9).

Two days after the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (CAB) was passed in Lok Sabha, the Bill will be tabled in the Upper House around 2pm on Wednesday (December 11)

From 2005 till October 31 this year, nearly 1000 terrorists have been killed while trying to cross over into India through Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Watch the top headlines of the day from across India on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Lok Sabha on 10th December passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill seeks to grant Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have migrated to India after facing persecution on grounds of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, if they fulfill conditions for grant of citizenship. Introducing the Bill, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah said that while no where does this bill target India's minority community, but illegal immigrants would not be allowed to stay in the country at any cost.

The Modi government requires the support of at least 123 MPs in the 245-member House to pass the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha

Way back in 2003, the then leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Manmohan Singh, had batted for the cause of CAB.