Topic: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar says citizenship bill should be welcomed and not criticised by those “genuinely committed to religious freedom".

On the Hyderabad 'encounter', former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha says we must improve systems instead of destroying them by applauding wrongful acts of police.

The bill, which seeks to provide citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afghanistan was passed with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it.

In Assam, protesters took out 'funeral processions' of Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal for his alleged failure to oppose the bill. In other regions, highways were blocked, public transport was stopped and inter-state buses piled under police protection.

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

In a ‘Saamana’ editorial, the Shiv Sena said the Centre was inviting new problems with Citizenship Amendment Bill, and said it could trigger a religious war.

A round up of the Hindi newspapers opinion pages to reflect the viewpoint from the heartland on topical issues.

CAB-plus-NRC is an idea that’s dead-on-arrival. But it’s the BJP’s next Ram Mandir that will be used to polarise and expose the party’s rivals.

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Sixth Schedule allows constitution of Autonomous District Councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura & Mizoram to safeguard the rights of tribal population.