JD(U)’s national V-P Prashant Kishor "disappointed", national general secretary Pavan Varma says citizenship bill “unconstitutional and discriminatory”.
A number of JD(U) leaders have spoken out against the party’s decision to back the bill, which will alienate Muslims, who are 16% of the state’s population.
The next time Modi government conducts the NRC – in Assam and across India – it wants to make sure non-Muslims are protected and more Muslims are excluded.
US Commission on International Religious Freedom too criticises proposed law, has sought sanctions on Amit Shah & other leaders if citizenship bill becomes law.
BJP knows it is more alluring to keep talking about nationwide NRC than actually carrying out a complex process that can backfire, like it did in Assam.
Opening up the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill for debate in Lok Sabha, Amit Shah said the legislation was necessary since the Congress had "divided" India on the basis of religion.
Read full text of statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists & scholars who say they find it troubling that bill uses religion as a criterion to determine citizenship.
Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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