Citizenship Bill gets Lok Sabha nod, Rajya Sabha test next

He says that the Bill has been brought to the house because partition on the basis of religion.

He says that 5 Bengalis were shot dead in Tinsukia due to NRC. He says CAB is anti-Bengali and says TMC will oppose its passage. 11 out of those 19 lakh are Hindus.

If persecution is the criteria, then why not other minorities from those nations, says the Bengal lawmaker. He says NRC is a botched-up exercise.

He says that the people are begging for their identity because of the BJP. He says that it is shameful to not heed to the advice of Iron Patel who advocated the need of an united India

The TMC MP from Bengal says that Swami Vivekananda, whom the PM loves to quote, believed in universal brotherhood.

DMK's Maran says that during his visit to the US, PM Modi had said that 'the entire world is our country' in his speech quoting a Tamil poet. He questions the home minister why is there no provision for protection of Muslim minorities.

He says that BJP is trying to divide the minorities by pitting minorities against each other. He said that BJP will come for other minorities after they are done discriminating against Muslims.

Chennai Central MP from DMK says that the issue of persecuted Muslims from Sri Lanka and Maldives should be considered. He says that the BJP is preoccupied with hatred for Pakistan and Muslims.

DMK's Maran says that the CAB Bill is half-hearted. It does not promote secularism and is bound to cause fear in the heart of Muslims

The Meerut lawmaker says Congress needs to rise above religion and not act communally. He says Congress needs to contribute to the nation's communal harmony.

He said that driving force of Congress politics is the vote bank. He says it is surprising that the Congress did not blame RSS today in the Lok Sabha.

He says when LK Advani was the Home Minister in 2003, then former PM Singh had said that we need to be more humane towards the persecuted from the neighboring countries.

He says Adnan Sami was also allowed Indian citizenship since he applied for it.

The Meerut BJP lawmaker says that in minorities in Pakistan suffer as the government in Islamabad do not care about the minorities.

Manish Tewari says that the MPs from the Centre have blamed Congress for the Partition. He said that it is unfortunate that Congress is being blamed for the division. He then said that it was Savarkar who first proposed the 2 nation theory at a Hindu Mahasabha at a meeting in 1935.