After hours of debate in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the parliament passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at the stroke of midnight. The Bill is now set to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha and BJP is sure to swiftly pass it.
While on paper, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appears to have a slim majority in the upper House. But the Nation is against the Citizenship Amendment Bill as it is against the Indian constitution and illegal. Many of the parties along with opposition are opposing the bill.
The bill includes the acceptance of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan Hindu but does not include Muslims. A secular nation is the core of India is not justified claims the opposition. This will bring more fear in the minorities, especially in Muslims, opposition states.
Protest are happening all over nation especially in North-Eastern states as these communities are going to harm a lot they claims.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill Clears in Rajya Sabha with 125 votes. 105 Voted Against the Bill.
08:39 PM
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP, on being asked if they have boycotted the voting: Yes, Shiv Sena has boycotted the voting. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 pic.twitter.com/AfwxEWc5fs
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
08:37 PM
Shiv Sena MPs are not present in the Rajya Sabha. Voting for the amendments to #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 are currently underway in the House. pic.twitter.com/JHS08EbXnQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
08:09 PM
Amendment to Send CAB to Select Panel Defeated by 113 Votes
08:00 PM
Parliament: Voting in Rajya Sabha on sending #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 to select panel pic.twitter.com/qvtMAzwcYX
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:59 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: This Bill is not going to hurt anyone's sentiments or make people of any community upset. The people who are worried that minorities of this country will be subjected to injustice, it will not happen. pic.twitter.com/WcYYcSd2cB
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:58 PM
HM Amit Shah: On #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019, Pak PM's comment and Congress's comment- both are alike. Why are you (Congress) rattled?…. I want to ask why did Congress oppose the Enemy Property Bill. pic.twitter.com/ettfToJcJX
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:54 PM
HM Amit Shah: Abrogation of Article 370, Triple Talaq Bill are not anti-Muslim. Do women not have rights? Kashmir is peaceful even after abrogation of 370. Likewise, I don't believe #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 is anti-muslim. https://t.co/x07JwrESlW
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:54 PM
Home Minister: Article 370 – do only Muslims live in Jammu & Kashmir? No Hindus? No Buddhists? Why is it viewed like that? It has been abrogated for everyone & not only Muslims. How can CAB be anti-Muslim? In this Bill, there is no proposal to touch the citizenship of any Muslim. https://t.co/x07JwrESlW
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:53 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: Neither CAB is anti-Muslim, nor abrogation of Article 370 is anti-Muslim, Triple Talaq Bill is not anti-Muslim either. Triple Talaq is the Bill to give rights to crores of Muslim women in the country. pic.twitter.com/vgubLCnR9g
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:51 PM
Amit Shah on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 : Javed Ali Khan (Samajwadi Party leader) ne kaha "hum muslim-mukt ban jaayenge". Jawed Ali Khan Sahab agar aap bhi chahoge tab bhi yeh desh 'muslim-mukt' nahi hoga pic.twitter.com/rn7LaA4NTi
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:48 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah: Don't teach me the idea of India. Hum toh isi desh mein janme hain isi desh mein marenge pic.twitter.com/feQY5H8vRn
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:46 PM
HM Amit Shah: Kapil Sibal Ji said "Muslim aapse nahi darte". Unhe bhi nahi darna chahiye. Aur aap daraiye bhi mat. Bharat ke musalman ki nagrikta koi cheen nahi raha hai. Yeh nagrikta dene ka Bill hai, nagrikta lene ka nahi. pic.twitter.com/LoOqMxoa5t
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:40 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: Shiv Sena supported the Bill yesterday. They should tell the people of Maharashtra as to what happened within the span of a night that they changed their stand today. pic.twitter.com/BdCl9tJanQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:38 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: 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. pic.twitter.com/sskSx9O10k
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:32 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: 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? pic.twitter.com/qdacm8zvr2
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:24 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah: But, no one will say anything because whatever the Congress does is secularism. Till when will you fool people? https://t.co/hZpqVzpVew pic.twitter.com/ONZYDSdn0s
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:24 PM
HM Shah: During UPA govt, the then Rajasthan govt wrote to then HM P Chidambaram stating outstanding issue of large no. of Pak refugees from Hindu and Sikh communities. 13000 people from two religions only were benefited. Whereas, we have included refugees from 6 religions.
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:23 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: The spirit of Liaquat–Nehru Pact, was not followed by the neighbouring country. It is the duty of every government to follow it in letter and spirit. pic.twitter.com/wM3jeHmiWq
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:19 PM
HM Amit Shah on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 : This Bill will not harm the minority communities including Muslims. pic.twitter.com/oaq9O5FxW7
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
07:15 PM
HM Amit Shah: Can followers of Islam in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan be called minority? No. When the religion of the State is Islam, then, chances of persecution of Muslims is lesser. https://t.co/kHeXvvWAbo
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
06:58 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha: If this bill was brought 50 years ago, then the situation had not been so severe today. #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019 pic.twitter.com/dNBnkaWuOH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
06:55 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha: If partition had not taken place, then there would have been no need to bring #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 today. pic.twitter.com/e2e13zAByH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
06:45 PM
President Ram Nath Kovind signs the order to extend the inner line permit (ILP) regime to Manipur, besides Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. (file pic) #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 pic.twitter.com/TNmKszXKlG
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
06:44 PM
Union Minister of Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad in Rajya Sabha: All bills of our govt are brought in the House only after they are vetted by the Law & Legislative Department. #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019 pic.twitter.com/FBgjJWF8ZI
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
05:50 PM
Maharashtra Cabinet minister & Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat: Our country is governed by the Constitution and the Constitution is based on the principle of equality. We expect that Shiv Sena will keep this in mind while voting for #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 in Rajya Sabha pic.twitter.com/f1dtfs9Dpt
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
05:28 PM
Prasanna Acharya, BJD on #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019: Our stand is the same as was in Lok Sabha. We are supporting the bill but we want certain amendments in the bill like including Sri Lanka in it. pic.twitter.com/KXYK6zJJAE
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
05:14 PM
D Kupendra Reddy, JD(S) on #CitizenshipBill : This Bill will be dilution of our secularism policy in this country. I strongly oppose this Bill. I recommend that the Bill be sent to a select committee of Parliament for scrutiny. pic.twitter.com/PuhVPYFZWn
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
05:09 PM
V Vijaysai Reddy, YSR Congress Party: Our party supports the #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019. pic.twitter.com/iUCpISSA4x
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
05:02 PM
Kamal Haasan, MNM: We have a duty to amend the Constitution if there was any error, but to attempt to amend a flawless Constitution is a betrayal. Centre's law and plan is akin to a crime of attempting surgery on a healthy person. Those who attempted and failed are trying again. https://t.co/WcfIcF4LVr
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:55 PM
Sanjay Singh, AAP in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: 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. pic.twitter.com/2m7SqdmvPm
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:53 PM
KG Kenye,NPF on #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019: I support this Bill.People in north-east have no religious bias&aren't communal…It's not about religion,minority or majority communities. It's abt illegal migrants who've come into our region&threatening to run over our population pic.twitter.com/QUH9TYQSsX
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:50 PM
Congress leader P Chidambaram on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill: This Bill will be challenged in the Supreme Court if it passes in the Parliament. I am absolutely certain that the judges of SC will strike it down. https://t.co/FZDVqRkVHo
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:42 PM
Vaiko, MDMK in Rajya Sabha, on #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019: 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 pic.twitter.com/uKKVlAQ6D0
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:27 PM
Kapil Sibal, Congress in Rajya Sabha during discussion on #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019 : Those who have no idea of India cannot protect the idea of India. https://t.co/l19Ths6Nid
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:23 PM
Kapil Sibal, Congress in Rajya Sabha: I request the Home Minister to withdrawn that allegation because we in Congress believe in that one nation, you don't believe in that. pic.twitter.com/db0n587ogt
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:23 PM
Kapil Sibal, Congress on HM Shah's statement "CAB wouldn't have been needed if Congress hadn't allowed partition on basis of religion": I don't understand which history books the Home Minister has read. Two-nation theory is not our theory. It was perpetrated by Savarkar. pic.twitter.com/I2ayqUOVWB
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:09 PM
Mir M Fayaz, J&K PDP in Rajya Sabha on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: I stand to oppose this Bill. Since this govt has come to power, the way it has brought bills like Triple Talaq & Art 370-Muslims have been targeted. Yeh sarkaar jab se bani hai yeh musalman ke peeche padi hai pic.twitter.com/aNCxD8FiBH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
04:05 PM
Tamil Nadu Minister and AIADMK leader D Jayakumar on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: The Bill is not against Srilankan Tamils and Tamil Nadu. We support the CAB in Parliament.
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:51 PM
Satish Chandra Mishra, BSP: Our party opposes the #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019. Why are you violating Article 14 by excluding Muslims? Muslims being excluded is the sole problem of this entire act. pic.twitter.com/hWg0doyJVZ
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:50 PM
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena: We don't need any certificate on our nationalism or Hindutva. Jis school mein aap padhte ho, hum us school ke head master hain. Hamare school ke headmaster Balasaheb Thackeray the, Atal ji, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee bhi the, hum sabko mante hain. pic.twitter.com/xoQHwJ9rQT
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:48 PM
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena: I have been hearing since yesterday that those who do not support this Bill are anti-national and those who support it are nationalist https://t.co/TfDonxFexN
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:43 PM
Sanjay Raut: We believe our PM and HM strongly. After passing CAB will they pullout intruder from the nation. If they we are sheltering refugees then we should not do politics on the topic. will they get voting rights?
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena in Rajya Sabha: Mazboot PM aur HM par humari asha hai. Kya is Bill ke pass hone ke baad aap ghuspetiyon ko bahar nikalenge? Agar sharanarthiyon ko swikaar karte hain toh us par rajneeti nahi honi chahiye. Kya unko voting rights milenge? pic.twitter.com/b8yM04BxAS
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:26 PM
Sachin Pilot, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019: For the first time in independent India, issue of deciding citizenship on basis of religion has come up. I don't think the bill will pass the judicial scrutiny. This is majority versus morality. https://t.co/qEHRHDA17b pic.twitter.com/cSe5I5cg5p
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:20 PM
Rajasthan: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot takes part in a protest against #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 in Jaipur. pic.twitter.com/Y0olglsMMz
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:20 PM
P Chidambaram, Congress in Rajya Sabha: 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. #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019 pic.twitter.com/5EBQPBw9bF
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:13 PM
Biswajit Daimary, Bodoland People's Front, Assam in Rajya Sabha: We support the #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019. pic.twitter.com/hwgcxBDVie
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:05 PM
T Siva, DMK MP in Rajya Sabha on #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019: If this Bill is passed, it will be a blow to our secularism. You (BJP) have a mandate to justify all citizens of the country and not segregate one section and make them feel victimised. pic.twitter.com/ktARYTpVNV
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
03:01 PM
TK Rangarajan, CPI(M) on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 in Rajya Sabha: Suppose you make the law, who will be responsible for any repercussion on minorities? That is why my party oppose this. Don't spoil the country, don't spoil the constitution, that's my request. pic.twitter.com/R9VJpgzoC3
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
02:56 PM
SR Balasubramaniam,AIADMK: We have certain concerns but overall, we are supporting this bill. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/6jJVCGBSmU
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
02:49 PM
Dr. K Keshav Rao,Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Rajya Sabha: This bill challenges the very idea of India and negates every ideal of justice. This bill should be withdrawn #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/gYMwtN9WDb
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
02:41 PM
RCP Singh,JDU in Rajya Sabha: We support this bill.The bill is very clear, it gives citizenship to persecuted minorities from three of our neigbouring countries, but here debate is being done on our Indian Muslim brothers. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/rQ29Na3oil
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
02:28 PM
Javed Ali Khan,Samajwadi Party in Rajya Sabha: Our Govt through this #CitizenshipAmendmentBill and #NRC is trying to fulfill the dream of Jinnah. Remember, in 1949 Sardar Patel had said 'we are laying the foundation of a truly secular democracy in India' pic.twitter.com/BGl3cP139E
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
02:05 PM
Derek O Brien,TMC 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. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/tIKL8pIuP4
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
01:56 PM
JP Nadda,BJP: In 2003,Dr.Manmohan Singh in Rajya Sabha said to then Deputy PM Advani ji on treatment of refugees&persecution of minorities in countries like Bangladesh,he said we should have more liberal approach in granting citizenship to them. So,we are following what he said. pic.twitter.com/P4Sbm3Dt3I
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
01:30 PM
Anand Sharma,Congress in Rajya Sabha: In our religion, we believe in rebirth,and that we meet our elders. So if Sardar Patel meets Modi ji then he will be very angry with him, Gandhi ji will ofcourse be sad, but Patel will be indeed very angry. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/cTcnyynaet
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
01:23 PM
There will be no lunch break today in Rajya Sabha, as debate on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill is underway pic.twitter.com/j9EeQBggPJ
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
01:05 PM
Anand Sharma,Congress in Rajya Sabha: The bill that you have brought is an assault on the very foundation of the Indian constitution, it is an assault on the Republic of India. It hurts the soul of India. It is against our constitution&democracy. It fails the morality test pic.twitter.com/dCMVAea9rr
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:58 PM
HM Amit Shah: In 1985, Assam accord happened. There is a provision in clause 6 to protect indigenous culture of the state. I want to assure that NDA Government through committee to supervise clause 6 will protect rights of Assam. All Assam Students' Union is part of committee pic.twitter.com/MTgmcCws5q
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:50 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha: No Muslim in India needs to worry due to this Bill. Don't get scared if someone tries to scare you. This is Narendra Modi's Govt working according to constitution ,minorities will get full protection. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill https://t.co/6PYvZBEmwx pic.twitter.com/iNNwddZDaE
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:46 PM
HM Amit Shah: 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. pic.twitter.com/4W3csp1AsX
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:39 PM
Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha: There has been an almost 20% decline each in population of religious minorities in both Pakistan and present day Bangladesh. Either they were killed or they fled to India for shelter. #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/moObWT9Ba6
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:33 PM
The #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019 tabled in Rajya Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah pic.twitter.com/1G0j1dEUtF
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
12:07 AM
Assam: Heavy security put in place as protests against #CitizenshipAmmendmentBill2019 continue in Dibrugarh. pic.twitter.com/rvG2X45sSS
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:55 AM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Parliament. The #CitizenshipAmendmentBill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha at 12pm today pic.twitter.com/R1ZSpxIiuO
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:53 AM
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill: Votebank politics should not be played, its not correct. Don't attempt to create a Hindu-Muslim divide again. Also nothing in this bill for Tamil Hindus of Sri Lanka https://t.co/QuTOnQb7VK pic.twitter.com/x4k5oYyDbA
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:47 AM
Assam: Protest being held in Guwahati against #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019. Home Minister Amit Shah to table the Bill in Rajya Sabha today. pic.twitter.com/jCa0aI4wx4
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:43 AM
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP on #CitizenshipAmendmentBill in Rajya Sabha: We have to clear our doubts on this bill, if we don't get satisfactory answers then our stand could be different from what we took in Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/OOfdwyR2xH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:36 AM
Tejashwi Yadav, RJD: Some JDU leaders are raising questions against #CitizenshipAmendmentBill a day after it got passed in LS. It's all part of drama. Nobody in JDU has courage to go against Nitish Kumar ji. Nitish ji has compromised by supporting the Bill just to remain in power https://t.co/lT6pVwylmr pic.twitter.com/SoJwjvSM90
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:34 AM
Bihar: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav holds protest in Patna against #CitizenshipAmendmentBill & National Register of Citizens (NRC); says, “CAB is unconstitutional. It has been clearly written in the Constitution of India that the country cannot be divided on the basis of religion." pic.twitter.com/WC5HZkg4pt
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:27 AM
Sources: PM Modi in BJP Parliamentary party meeting said that some Opposition parties are speaking the same language as Pakistan on the #CitizenshipAmendmentBill pic.twitter.com/EqIcbZv0wH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
11:02 AM
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi after BJP parliamentary party meeting: PM Modi said the #CitizenshipAmendmentBill is a historic bill https://t.co/RjyOIdsdGp
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2019
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