Lok Sabha
‘Price of giving one party brute majority’: Chidambaram on Citizenship bill
The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it, 80 voting against it and zero abstentions, after a heated debate.
Citizenship Bill to be introduced in RS today, BJP confident of its passage
Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Bill with a majority of 311 votes against 80 votes where 391 members were present and voted.
Asaduddin Owaisi tears up copy of Citizenship bill during siscussion in Lok Sabha
'I oppose this Bill as it is against the Constitution and an insult to our freedom fighters,' Owaisi said.
'Consider sanctions against Amit Shah': US commission on Citizenship bill
US Commission for International Religious Freedom or USCIRF said that it was deeply troubled over the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha.
Northeast begins 11-hour bandh against Citizenship bill, security beefed up
The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm.
'Disappointed': Prashant Kishor on JD(U)’s support to ‘discriminatory’ Citizenship bill
Kishor sought to underscore that the Bill was 'incongruous' with the constitution of the party, headed by Nitish Kumar.
Citizenship bill in line with India's century-old ethos of assimilation: PM
The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it a little past midnight.
Amid protests, Lok Sabha clears Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
311 MPs vote in favour while 80 vote against it; Rajya Sabha likely to take up CAB today.
Owaisi says CAB seeks to make Muslims stateless, rips copy of proposed law in LS
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Owaisi said he was called Mahatma after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South Africa.
'Give citizenship to immigrants, but no voting rights for 25 years': Sanjay Raut
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was introduced in LS on December 9 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.