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Rajya Sabha to debate CAB tomorrow: Attack on Constitution, claim Congress and CPM; Shiv Sena hints at withdrawing support; rifts in JD(U) over backing Bill
Fp Staff •The question of supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill created rifts within the JDU in Bihar and the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra
In Parliament today: Lok Sabha passes Constitution (Amendment) Bill to extend reservation for SC/ST MPs; Rajya Sabha to take up Citizenship Bill tomorrow
Fp Staff •The Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on Wednesday, after it was passed in the Lok Sabha by a two-thirds majority at midnight on Tuesday. The Upper House, presided over by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, is likely to begin the six-hour discussion on the bill at 2 pm.
LS passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by overwhelming majority: BJP gets support from JDU, YSRCP, BJD; Opposition calls legislation discriminatory
Fp Staff •The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill saw an animated debate in the Lok Sabha on Monday after Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the contentious legislation with assurances of exemption for the north eastern states, and said that the proposed law has the "endorsement of 130 crore Indians".
Parliament Updates: Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha with 311 votes in favour, 80 against
Fp Staff •Parliament LIVE updates: The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lower House at midnight on Tuesday with 311 votes in favour of the proposed legislation. 80 MPs voted against the bill in the division of votes.
Amit Shah wins round one of CAB debate in LS by blunting Opposition's attack, but deft touch will be required in RS
Sreemoy Talukdar •In touting “reasonable classification” as the basis behind the law, Amit Shah blunted Opposition’s key charge that CAB is violative of the Constitution.
By introducing religious aspect to notion of citizenship, CAB threatens to put India, Indians on slippery slope
Alok Prasanna Kumar •What the CAB wants to enshrine into law is the Hindutva understanding of who is a majority and who is a minority, not one based on actual oppression or discrimination
Myanmar: International aid cut, blamed on work with Rohingya
Fp Archives •Doctors Without Borders is being forced to stop caring for sick people in a Myanmar state torn by sectarian violence, in a move linked to the humanitarian group's work with the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority.
Myanmar: Documents implicate govt in violence against Muslims
Fp Archives •An independent human rights group obtained documents that implicate Myanmar government in discriminatory policies targeting country's Rohingya Muslim community.
Hindu ‘exodus’ from Pak? Report leaves pilgrims in lurch
Fp Staff •Hindu pilgrims travelling to India are stranded at the Wagah border after a sensational claim that they were emigrating to India. The episode risks triggering a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
Pak minister seeks strong law against forced conversions
Fp Archives •Minister for National Harmony Akram Masih Gill, himself a Christian, said such practices by Muslims went against the injunctions of Islam as the religion's laws prohibited forced conversion.