11 December 2019, 21:24 PM
Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad congratulated Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi after the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha.
Congratulations to Home Minister @amitshah Ji on the historic occasion of passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill by the Parliament. This visionary step by the Govt of PM @narendramodi will offer dignified life to religiously persecuted minorities from India’s neighborhood.
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) December 11, 2019
11 December 2019, 21:10 PM
Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, ''If any persons are not being allowed to practice their freedom of religion, then according to our Constitution’s Article 25 it is the responsibility of the government to ensure this right for them.''
11 December 2019, 21:09 PM
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Thursday.
11 December 2019, 20:48 PM
Rajya Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 with 125 votes in favour and 105 against it.
11 December 2019, 20:44 PM
During the voting, two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs remain absent.
11 December 2019, 20:16 PM
Shiv Sena walks out before the final voting on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019
11 December 2019, 20:10 PM
Move to refer Citizenship Amendment Bill to select panel defeated in Rajya Sabha by 124 no and 99 yes.
11 December 2019, 20:09 PM
Amendment to select panel for Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 rejected in Rajya Sabha
11 December 2019, 19:54 PM
Voting on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 begins in Rajya Sabha
11 December 2019, 19:39 PM
Lok Sabha passes bill to establish unified authority for International Financial Service Centre (IFSC)
11 December 2019, 19:35 PM
Amit Shah on CAB, "Congress is trying to promote the propaganda of Pakistan.''
11 December 2019, 19:24 PM
Replying to the opposition on CAB Home Minister Amit Shah, said, ''They are trying to create fear among the Muslims.''
11 December 2019, 19:22 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''Don't teach me the idea of India. I was born here and I will die here.''
11 December 2019, 19:11 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''CAB, Triple-Talaq are not anti-muslim bills.''
11 December 2019, 19:08 PM
Answering questions on the exclusion of Rohingyas in CAB Amit Shah said, ''It was asked that why were Rohingyas not included in the Bill? Rohingyas don't come to India directly, they go to Bangladesh and then infiltrate into India from there.''
11 December 2019, 19:05 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah slams Congress in Rajya Sabha, said, ''The entire country knows that the reason behind partition was Jinnah and it was done due to his demand. But all I am asking is why did Congress agree to it? Why was it done on the basis of religion?''
11 December 2019, 18:59 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''During UPA govt, the then Rajasthan govt wrote to then Home Minister P Chidambaram stating outstanding issue of large no. of Pakistan refugees from Hindu and Sikh communities. 13000 people from two religions only were benefited. Whereas, we have included refugees from six religions.''
11 December 2019, 18:52 PM
TMC leaders raise voice against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha.
11 December 2019, 18:48 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''I assure this bill will bring no loss to the minorities of India, because it gives citizenship and does not takes away any.''
11 December 2019, 18:41 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''We are helping persecuted minorities. There is no persecution of Muslims in the Islamic nation.''
11 December 2019, 18:38 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, ''If partition had not taken place, then there would have been no need to bring Citizenship Amendment Bill today.''
11 December 2019, 18:34 PM
Answering question on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in Rajya Sabha Amit Shah said, ''We have corrected wrongs of the previous government.''
11 December 2019, 18:33 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in Rajya Sabha, said, '' If this bill was brought 50-years-ago, then the situation had not been so severe today.''
11 December 2019, 17:20 PM
Opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, '' I am opposing this Bill as it is against the Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. It is against the Preamble of the Constitution. It is against the India of the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh.''
11 December 2019, 17:20 PM
Speaking on the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in Rajya Sabha, Vaiko said,'' If this obnoxious, abominable, undemocratic, unreasonable, unpardonable, unjustifiable, unconstitutional Bill is passed today in this Council of State, it will become a black chapter in the annals of this Upper House.''
11 December 2019, 16:12 PM
I don't understand which history books the Home Minister has read. Two-nation theory is not our theory. It was perpetrated by Savarkar. I request the Home Minister to withdrawn that allegation because we in Congress believe in that one nation, you don't believe in that. Those who have no idea of India cannot protect the idea of India: Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Shah's statement, "CAB wouldn't have been needed if Congress hadn't allowed partition on basis of religion".
11 December 2019, 15:01 PM
This government is ramming through this Bill to advance its Hindutva agenda. This is a sad day. I am absolutely clear that this law will be struck off: P Chidambaram
11 December 2019, 14:38 PM
Why did you cherrypick these three countries. Your attempts are pointing to one community. Think of those Muslims who didn't go to Pakistan after partition. I humbly convey to Home Minister against segregating people on the basis of the community," DMK MP Tiruchi Siva said.
11 December 2019, 14:28 PM
The fear in Assam that some may not remain a citizen of this nation. We agree that that persecuted religious minorities should be protected but no community should be excluded. This bill should be withdrawn,said TRS MP Keshava Rao
11 December 2019, 14:26 PM
JD(U)'s Ram Chandra Prasad Singh said in the Rajya Sabha that the party supports the Citizenship Amendment Bill. "We have had Presidents and CJIs from minority communities," Singh said.
11 December 2019, 14:23 PM
If CAB was about giving citizenship for all persecuted religious minorities then we would have supported it. But this is only for minorities from three specific nations: Samajwadi Party MP Javed Ali Khan
11 December 2019, 14:16 PM
I implore to BJD and JDU leaders to take a stand today. You will have to answer your future generations when they ask you which button did you press," said Derek O' Brien.
11 December 2019, 14:11 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi aid that it will be written on golden letters. I will tell you where it will be written- on Jinnah's grave: TMC MP Derek O Brien
11 December 2019, 13:52 PM
Derek O Brien, TMC MP, in Rajya Sabha: I read that PM said this will be written in golden letters. I will tell you where it will be written, it will be written on grave of the father of the nation, but which father of the nation? In Karachi, on Jinnah's grave.
11 December 2019, 13:11 PM
We have documented evidence of how minorities have grown in India but the population of Pakistan's minorities have gone down significantly:Nadda
11 December 2019, 13:11 PM
Those minorities who have been persecuted in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan should get citizenship in India. This is the essence of the bill: JP Nadda, BJP working president
11 December 2019, 12:57 PM
No party's manifesto is above Constitution, said Congress MP Anand Sharma in Rajya Sabha
11 December 2019, 12:49 PM
Jinnah never brought two-nation theory. It was introduced by Hindu Mahasabha in Gujarat in 1937: Anand Sharma
11 December 2019, 12:49 PM
The citizenship act has seen amendments since 1955 but the fundamentals of this act has never been tampered with: Anand Sharma
11 December 2019, 12:47 PM
We have given shelter to people who came over from Pakistan post partition. Two among them have been our PMs, Dr Manmohan Singh and IK Gujral: Anand Sharma
11 December 2019, 12:40 PM
No government can write new history, says Congress MP Anand Sharma
11 December 2019, 12:37 PM
Congress MP Anand Sharma demanded that the Citizenship Amendment Bill be sent to Parliamentary committee.
11 December 2019, 12:36 PM
In Lok Sabha, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says the government will send the Personal Data Protection Bill to joint select committee of both Houses.
11 December 2019, 12:35 PM
What was the urgency to get this Bill? I am afraid this Bill is an assault on the Constitution. It is an attack on the soul of India. It is against the very Preamble of the Constitution of India. I stand to oppose this Citizenship Bill: Congress MP Anand Sharma in Rajya Sabha
11 December 2019, 12:34 PM
Citizenship Amendment Bill is an assualt on foundation of Constitution, says Congress leader Anand Sharma
11 December 2019, 12:29 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah ends his remarks on Citizenship Bill. Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu allots 6 hours for debate on the Bill.
11 December 2019, 12:27 PM
"This bill is not anti-Muslims, no Muslim already residing in India will be excluded. But how can we provide citizenship to Muslims who are coming in from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan? How can we function if this is made possible," said Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha.
11 December 2019, 12:20 PM
Misinformation has been spread that this bill is against Muslims of India. I want to ask the people saying this that how is this bill related to Indian Muslims? They are Indian citizens and will always remain,no discrimination against them: Amit Shah
11 December 2019, 12:17 PM
Indian muslims will remain unaffected by Citizenship Amendment Bill, says Amit Shah
11 December 2019, 12:13 PM
People are accusing us that we are practicing vote bank politics with the introduction of this bill....but I want to point out that we had brought forward this bill before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The concerns of North East will be addressed: Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha
