‘Landmark day for India’: PM Modi after Rajya Sabha passes citizenship bill
After a debate that lasted over 6 hours, Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill piloted by Home Minister Amit Shah.
After a debate that lasted over 6 hours, Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill piloted by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Since 12 pm, 44 lawmakers from different parties shared their stand on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
In the 245-member Rajya Sabha, 125 people voted in support of the bill, whereas 105 people voted against it.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (CAB) was moved in the Rajya Sabha by the Union home minister Amit Shah.
As the debate concluded, Amit Shah addressed Rajya Sabha and answered to questions raised by the members in the house before the voting on the Bill began.
The bill had an easy passage in the Lok Sabha where the BJP-led NDA has majority. The Lower House passed the bill 334-106 after a fierce day-long debate on Monday.
There have been wide-spread protests against the bill in the northeast including Assam and Tripura.
Here are the updates:
Kapil Sibal, Derek O'Brien, Ramgopal Yadav to speak on CAB
Congress MP Kapil Sibal, Trinamool Congress' Derek O'Brien and Samajwadi Party's Ramgopal Yadav are among the Opposition leaders who will speak during Citizenship Amendment Bill debate in Rajya Sabha.
Adjournment motion notice by Cong in LS over CAB
Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha, Kodikunnil Suresh has given adjourment motion notice on 'unrest and strife in the country over the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Citizenship Amendment Bill to be tabled in RS at 12 noon
After the BJP parliamentary party meeting, the Union parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi said the Citizenship Amendment Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha at 12 pm today, and it will be passed in the house with comfortable majority.
'Citizenship Bill will be written in golden letters': PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi said at the BJP meeting on Wednesday that the Citizenship Bill will be written in golden letters, reports PTI.
"The Citizenship Bill will be written in golden letters. It will give permanent relief to people who fled religious persecution."
First published: Dec 11, 2019 10:38 IST