Citizenship Bill

The Supreme Court issued notice to the central and Assam governments on a petition challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Court asked the Centre and the state government to respond within four weeks.

The ruling NDA may rejoice that the Opposition has placed itself on the wrong side of history by giving the thumbs down to the Triple Talaq Bill, but it is bound to have mixed feelings on the rejection of the Citizenship Bill.

The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq are set to lapse on June 3 when the term of the present Lok Sabha ends as they could not be passed in the Rajya Sabha which adjourned sine die on Wednesday.

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in East and West Imphal districts ahead of the tabling of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

In a Facebook post, Tez said the proposed legislation undermines the “documented position” of his father, who was awarded the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna posthumously by the Narendra Modi government last month.

Life in the Manipur capital was hit badly on Monday as street protests continued against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a day after clashes between women vendors and police left eight persons injured.

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday assured the people of Assam and the Northeast that the citizenship bill will in no way cause harm to their interests.

Assam witnessed yet another nude protest on Saturday when a group of six persons stripped off their clothes and marched in front of the state secretariat at Dispur, shouting slogans against the Citizenship bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Assam and the North East that the citizenship bill will in no way cause harm to their interest.

PM Modi was shown black flags in at least two places on Saturday for the second consecutive day over the contentious Citizenship Bill. Citizenship Bill seeks to provide Indian citizenship to from Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Afghanistani after six years of residence in India even if they don’t possess any document.